Reflection - Storytelling

Challenge

I am a student taking electronics engineering and we are told to submit and present a  design project proposal. We are told to find a problem that we want to solve for the benefit  of humanity. I have thought about the problem that most of the girls experienced during  menstrual period, dysmenorrhea. I want to create a product that will help them relieve the  pain during period days.

Selection

I use story telling tool to know what are the experienced of woman in their menstrual  period. Through this tool I want to know what they need. What they are usually do when  having dysmenorrhea? Also to know if there is a problem where we can help them.

Application

I conducted some surveys in women to interview the women who have experienced  dysmenorrhea during their period days. I want to know their story on what did they usually  do when having it. I have known that sometimes they will only stay at home enduring the  pain.  They’re taking absences from work or school. Other women are taking medicine  for dysmenorrhea despite of its cost that they will buy it every month. Some of women are  using products to relieve pain but it is lacking in service because it is temporarily and has  smell that annoys other people. Through the story telling tool, I have concluded that there  is problem with women who were experiencing dysmenorrhea and I want to help them by  creating a device.

Insights

What I have learned in conducting this research is to know what the problem is and to  know also the needs of women who experiencing dysmenorrhea. I have known what must  be the use of my device to help them relieve the pain. It must be a low cost and permanent  pain reliever that can be used anywhere.

Approach

Story telling tool is a useful tool that can be used to know what are the customer’s needs.  I also think of visualization tool but I think it isn’t appropriate for the situation. Other tool  like learning launch can be used for experimentation in creating the device but for now I  have present my proposal and they think it is good idea since I have conducted a  research.

