VISUALIZATION TOOL

CHALLENGE & SELECTION

The tool I used was the tool of Visualization, to achieve a shared understanding of a problem among  a diverse group of people before attempting to identify or define possible solutions to the problem. I  am an MBA student and in a lot of situations we need to work on case studies with the diverse  section of peers we have at our college. Visualization helps us to filter the data available and  represent it in an easy way which is understandable by all. Also, visualization helps me to present my  ideas in a way where everyone is on the same page and level of understanding which becomes  difficult verbally, specially with diverse group sections. Visualization allows a diverse group of  students and the corporates involved to learn from each other in the process of defining the scope,  boundaries, key elements, and relationships between elements to consider when identifying pain  points and opportunities for improvements or solutions.

APPLICATION

We start by coming with different ideas by the people involved. We use visualization to explain the  data available or used in the idea by using data representation formats like pie charts, bar graphs,  histograms, flow charts, etcetera. In the later stage, where we come with ideas with the help of this  data, we put the working of the idea in a flow chart or flowing chart manner or using drawing or  diagrams, which makes it graspable for everyone in a lesser amount of time. This way we save time  as well as efforts in understanding and also make the experience better.

After, this stage we choose the ideas that we believe will give best outcome and prepare a plan to  present and implement the idea. In this planning process, we use tables, timeline graphs to get a get  better hold on the implementation and distribution of work.

Once, we are ready with the plan , we need to present it to the higher authorities or corporates  involved, thus it should be logical and easily understandable. We do this by using various  visualization data tools like bar charts, line charts, stacked bar charts, bubble charts, tree maps,  pictographs, etcetera.

INSIGHT & APPROACH

What I have learned from conducting this exercise is that when we are working in diverse groups  with different ideologies going in, a visualization method to share ideas is very beneficial and brings  everyone on the same grounds. The opinions are easily represented and understood and the graphic  medium helps to make it less tedious. With this, we can reach the root cause of problems and ideas  to overcome them in a lesser amount of time. Also, it helps improve the creativity and nurtures the  design side of the brains and makes it more fun and light hearted experience as well.

I have realized it to be a valuable and enriching aspect , and will definitely make use of it for future  works and projects.

