Reflection – Mind Mapping

I am currently studying and working on a design field team and one of the challenges

we usually encounter is how will we furthermore innovate, improve ideas or products, and

make it more appealing to audience. Design Thinking gave me an insight into how we can

make the sessions more efficient as we practice brainstorming. We have used different

techniques such as writing different personal ideas on sticky notes and narrowing it to the

most functioning and efficient solution. And then connecting it to the gathered existing data.

The Design Thinking made me want to share insights I learned during the course and how I

could apply them to enhance and develop our processes of solving the problem. Although

we already think of innovative solutions to the challenges, the techniques on the Mind

Mapping design tool such as mind mapping, concept development, assumption testing,

rapid prototyping, and mainly looking for patterns and insights to establish criteria for the

confirming and disconfirming data, will help us come up with better solutions.

To develop an effective design for the product, I start by identifying different

opportunities from different aspects like the target market or customer, sales, convenience

and mainly the designs function. Drafting the design brief can also help my team to

understand the scope of the project which will help my team recognize the patterns and

insights of the process. I will then assign different research to the team so we can identify

insights which will help us establish design criteria. I will base our concepts through

gathered data from the research and will proceed to brainstorming ideas to develop several

designs by sketching products with different features and narrowing the designs to five final

products. For that process, I will ask my team to note on separate sticky notes any ideas

they believe might be a helpful problem for the new ideas and I will ask them to take note of

what fits as well as what does not fit. I will start by having one member of the team start with

his or her idea by placing it on a large board. Then another team member adds their sticky

notes that are related to the same idea or concept. Then the next member will suggest

another idea and so forth, until the different ideas on sticky notes will be reduced to the final

concept of the product. After having the final designs, I will conduct a survey on different

customers varying from age, work, interest etc. by showing them the 3d model and list of

features and then finalize which will be more appealing and will “boom” to the surveyee. By

gathering data through surveys and engaging to different consumers by initial output or

rapid prototypes, can help us identify assumptions to the solution which can help us

improve and finalize the product design. On which can capture and represent the mind of

customers and to identify the insights related to each cluster and look for connections

between clusters.

What I have learned by taking this course has led me to think more open about how I

solve problems as a designer. With different and several ideas combined I can get better

perspective for the project by having empathy for my audience. It will also help me and my

team throughout the process by having an agreement regarding how to decide if a solution

is good or not. It will help me focus more on the possibilities rather than the problem itself.


Reflection – Mind Mapping I am currently studying and working on a design field team and one of the challenges we usually encounter is how will we furthermore innovate , improve ideas or products , and make it more appealing to audience . Design Thinking gave me an insight into how we can make the sessions more efficient as we practice brainstorming . We have used different techniques such as writing different personal ideas on sticky notes and narrowing it to the most functioning and efficient solution . And then connecting it to the gathered existing data . The Design Thinking made me want to share insights I learned during the course and how I could apply them to enhance and develop our processes of solving the problem . Although we already think of innovative solutions to the challenges , the techniques on the Mind Mapping design tool such as mind mapping , concept development , assumption testing , rapid prototyping , and mainly looking for patterns and insights to establish criteria for the confirming and disconfirming data , will help us come up with better solutions . To develop an effective design for the product , I start by identifying different opportunities from different aspects like the target market or customer , sales , convenience and mainly the designs function . Drafting the design brief can also help my team to understand the scope of the project which will help my team recognize the patterns and insights of the process . I will then assign different research to the team so we can identify insights which will help us establish design criteria . I will base our concepts through gathered data from the research and will proceed to brainstorming ideas to develop several designs by sketching products with different features and narrowing the designs to five final products . For that process , I will ask my team to note on separate sticky notes any ideas they believe might be a helpful problem for the new ideas and I will ask them to take note of what fits as well as what does not fit . I will start by having one member of the team start with his or her idea by placing it on a large board . Then another team member adds their sticky notes that are related to the same idea or concept . Then the next member will suggest another idea and so forth , until the different ideas on sticky notes will be reduced to the final concept of the product . After having the final designs , I will conduct a survey on different customers varying from age , work , interest etc . by showing them the 3d model and list of features and then finalize which will be more appealing and will “ boom ” to the surveyee . By gathering data through surveys and engaging to different consumers by initial output or rapid prototypes , can help us identify assumptions to the solution which can help us improve and finalize the product design . On which can capture and represent the mind of customers and to identify the insights related to each cluster and look for connections between clusters . What I have learned by taking this course has led me to think more open about how I solve problems as a designer . With different and several ideas combined I can get better perspective for the project by having empathy for my audience . It will also help me and my team throughout the process by having an agreement regarding how to decide if a solution is good or not . It will help me focus more on the possibilities rather than the problem itself .