CHALLENGE:

The tool I am using for this challenge is Storytelling. Every project has its own story

behind it. The StoryTelling tool aims to forge connections among people and ideate to  engage with the audience or make something more precise. I am currently studying at a  prestigious university, and my major is Computer Science and Technology. Along with  programming and debugging codes, we also have many courses such as Design Thinking  and Skill Development to enhance our management and teamwork talent. As a group  project, I was assigned to create any product or service hypothetically and give a detailed  pitch about how it would help people and make lives more comfortable. I have decided that  the Face Mask Detector would be my product keeping the present situations, Covid-19, in  mind. However, the product didn’t convince my sir about the longevity or the success of the  product. This became a big challenge for my team. We had to convince sir and give a  perfect pitch of how it would help people, especially industries, uphold the universal mask  policy.    SELECTION:

Our team has decided to use the storytelling tools to empathize with the customers

during many brainstorming sessions and complete multiple assignments. And understand  how to develop and market our product based on customer feedback. This tool helped us by  showing our point of view to the audience on how we want to tackle the given problem. We  have selected this tool to provide a more detailed approach and create an awareness and  how important this product is. We have built our pitch by first defining the product, how it  came to be, and why we decided on this specific problem and solution. This helped us aware  people, especially industries, how to use this product to see who are wearing masks and  who aren’t. This would help reduce the virus’s spreading by not allowing people without  masks to enter the building and keep track of how many people follow protocols.    APPLICATION:

My team and I have used the “storytelling” tool by creating an MVP and multiple

product pitch presentations by using statistics and many graphical representations. This  included a very brief explanation and evidence in which the countries using masks have  lower Covid cases than the countries that don’t use masks. We had also thought of  improving our product by adding in thermal capability and heat maps to recognize places  with a higher chance of having Covid. Our application can be accessed by anyone having a  phone or a laptop with our app downloaded. Man business outlets, institutions, hospitals,  etc., can use our service by embedding our software into their security cameras. We have  built the application by using Python, Keras, and Open CV. We had decided that this would  be useful and protect everyone; we made the application entirely free for the users; however,  it would be cost independent while integrating it somewhere else. We appreciate this  discussion as it helped us to lay the foundation for this project. We understood and come  across new possibilities and reflected on our steps; we will have more discussions, which will  help refine our product. Our design team has made their statements on their approach to  designing the product as a part of the “storytelling” tool, which had a significant impact on  our project.    INSIGHT:

While this tool, as well as our product, had raised many questions, we had overcome

all the obstacles. We succeeded in convincing our sir about the quality of our product and

how it is useful. We had connected with many people and industries about how hard it was  for them to keep track of the people who were present in a crowded area. Our applications  made it easier to track people and keep their surroundings safe. Gradually, the feedback and  upgrades to our software helped grow the application’s value and used many industries and  people. It had come to the point where people have started promoting the product to other  people during events and parties. The hardworking of the entire design team has to lead up  to this point. The testing methodologies and the working of the product had captured the  audience’s minds. The “storytelling” tool and other tools we used were proven to be efficient  and very productive. In light of the ongoing pandemic, our primary goal now is to keep  society safe. We believe devices and applications like ours will be extensively used  everywhere in the world as part of the new normal, due to Covid and promote social  distancing and reduce the potential of unwanted contact while being cost-effective.    APPROACH:

Of all the tools that I have learned in this course, I had also created an interest in the

“learning launch tool.” I want to use this tool before upgrading the ongoing product or starting  a new project. Customer feedback and opinions lead to creating a more efficient  development and empathizing with customer needs. We want to form focus groups and a  test team that solely dedicates their time to assess and grade features based upon the  customers’ feedback to reach their comfort and requirements. The input would also lead to  improve the users’ experience and to avoid any discrepancies. In the future, I would like to  use the “storytelling” tool, not only in projects as well as in everyday life, as it helps connect  with the audience and share our opinions and thoughts, which broaden our minds.

