Easyblood System – Learning Launch

Challenge

I am a college student and I use to observe various problems surrounding me. Once upon a  time, I noticed that there are so many people around us who need blood on daily basis as well  as in emergencies. Patients of thalassemia need blood on daily basis, people whose kidneys  are not working properly they need blood in dialysis. Moreover, in accidents there are heavy  blood loss sometime, in that critical moment blood is required on specific time period. As I  am Computer Science student, I want to develop a technical solution which can be useful and  also help me in building my technical skills. So I told this problem to my friends and they all  agreed. Hence, I was able to create a team of my own age filled with enthusiasm. Hence, we  decided to create Mobile and Web application for EasyBlood.      Selection    Our team has already gone through several design thinking activities/tools, so we are ready  to try the learning launch tool. Broadly speaking, the learning launch is an experiment meant  to quickly test an idea and prototype.      Application     For our first learning launch, we focused on the structure/execution of our online Blood bank  management system. In particular, we wanted to build a platform where all the users can get  the details about the blood available in blood banks near to them and find nearest blood bank  and donor for specific blood group. The desired application will be mobile application through  which users can get details about blood they require.    This tested our assumption that the structure and execution were the main causes of our  workflow challenge. We went through various blood bank management system to collect  information about how to arrange data. Next, we went through five workshops to structure  our tasks and processes in a more agile way. These two sessions occurred within in a three- week timeframe. We expected to produce a document with a clear description of our new,  more agile processes/workflow. For our second learning launch, we focused on gaining clarity  about our tasks and priorities. This tested our assumption that our prioritization of tasks was  the main cause of our workflow challenge. We also did survey on blood bank staff and normal  people. The surveys included questions about whether they would like to share the details  about their blood and blood available in blood banks.

Insight     By applying the learning launch tool, we identified our assumptions and designed launches to  test these assumptions. Additionally, we thought through anticipated results, expecting to  find that a more agile approach would improve our workflow and open to the new  prioritization of tasks or process. But everything came out as we expected.  We were only  concerned about that if user find it safe and easy to use the application and it helps in getting  blood easily and quickly. We did survey about this, it turned out with excellent response.      Approach     Given that our team has already gone through several design thinking activities/tools and are  at this stage in the timeline, the learning launch is the appropriate tool. As previously  mentioned, our team needs to review the insight gained from our first two launches and  incorporate this insight into future launch designs. Future launch designs should reflect  insight gained, progress made, and come closer to a compelling solution ready for full rollout.  Our college is also happy with our efforts and mobile application.

