How do you deal with projects from unfamiliar domains?

I am a graduate student at the HCI/d program of Indiana University Bloomington. I am doing my capstone this semester around the topic of how to help entry-level designers design in their process, especially when they are facing a design project from unfamiliar domains. I would love to learn about your design practice, if you have a few minutes, would you mind taking this survey? There are only 3 questions included. I sincerely appreciate your input! Also, feel free to leave any comments or suggestions.

How do you design - Survey