Tool Used: Visualisation

Challenge: In my final year of graduation, I had to pitch my project idea to my mentors and convince  them to continue forward with my idea.

Selection: For this challenge, I chose visualisation as I believe a problem statement can be  understood better if one could simply visualise it and also once the problem statement is  understood, one can come up with different approaches to solve the problem and select the most  efficient one.

Application: To make sure that my professors understand my project idea, I created a powerpoint  presentation, in which I had explained my problem using pie charts to depict the statistics . Later, I  had included the image of the prototype of the device which made it clear what all elements will be  included in my device. Also, I had used a flow chart to explain the functioning of my  project which  made it clear how my device would solve the problem

Insight: I realised that visualisation helps in breaking down the complex idea with multiple  dimensions into basic elements. Using images helps people retain information. Most people only  remember 10% of what they heard three days ago. Add an image to the message, and this figure  jumps to 65%. So, if we are going to the trouble of interrupting people from their work, we owe it to  everyone to make it worth their time. Better to spend the extra time and create a visual than disrupt  them six times with the same message to achieve similar retention

Approach: I feel that was the most appropriate approach and it did help me pitch my project to my  stakeholders successfully, not only this, they were also able input their ideas into the solution which  was very useful in completing the project.

