Reflection: Visualization

Challenge:

I am a student studying Electronics Engineering in my degree college. My College offered me a  project having different tasks during different years of my graduation. The objective or  challenge of task during my second year of graduation was to develop an outdoor farm  consisting of various electronic systems as well as automation systems in it. I was working with  a team of diverse individuals and as a team leader the entire designing and execution of this  task was my responsibility. Our work as a team was designing structure of the farm, developing  electronic circuits for the systems, using various IoT modules for creating automated system in  the farm and creating a good environment for plants to grow properly. Our aim was to develop  a working model which will caught attention of project and innovation department and  instructors of our college and keep on adding and improving things in the task by taking  suggestions and reviews from the department.

Selection:

As our project was having multiple things to design in different areas it was very difficult to  start any area in the task. Another challenge was this designing could have many options having  its own merits and demerits but without having a structure of development it was difficult to  start the project due to uncertainty. To overcome this problem we used design tool  Visualization as this tool helps to verify various option and in understanding the concept of the  problem. This tool gives all possibilities about any option before even implementing it as it  makes us to think deeply in areas and actual problems occurring during execution.

Application:

We conducted two stages of application of this tool i.e. visualization where our objective was to  initially having a basic structure of the task for having clarity in actual on-field work and to  generate new ideas and new set of options related to various automation and electronic  systems.

In first stage of visualization I told my team to visualize about basic structure of the task and  general flow of work and prepare a flowchart. After the work of preparing flowchart was done  we conducted a meeting and discussed the options in all flowcharts and finalized a structure to  our task by taking all possible difficulties also in account. This gave us more clarity to work on  our task and distributing work to all team members became easier.

In the second stage of visualization I told my team to visualize about different set of options  and combinations we can use in our task to make it a good electronic and automated project

and prepare a document giving details about it. After the work is done we again conducted a  meeting where we collected all the new ideas about electronics and automation systems. Then  we discussed these various options and finalized a set of options or some specific systems that  we wanted to include in our farm. The rejected options in this meeting were not discarded but  they are stored for later use and later betterment of project.

Except this we used this tool many times during designing of each electronic system in detail as  it was helpful in understanding problems and key points we were going to face in future while  developing them.

Insights:

By applying visualization design tool, our team became very much confident in doing the work  because they were already aware about pros and cons of the specific system. As structure of  task was ready due to visualization the initial work was done very faster as all team members  had clarity about their work as they knew what they were creating at the end. When we faced  any problem which we had not visualized at the time of preparation we had set of options  already stored that can be substituted easily. As we have visualized everything it became easy  for us to get our requirements such as circuit boards, soil, digging tools, hardware and other  components time. It also helped us to finalizing approximate budget of the whole task.  Visualization mainly made approach of every team member of our team more practical so we  kept on doing things efficiently and in time with minimum errors. After the presentation of our  task to the innovation department they told us things to emphasize and improved. The  visualization carried out at the beginning of the task helped us even during working on the  same task in future as we have already searched lot of new ideas and raw data which was  helpful.

Approach:

This course helped me to understand this tool even more which we often use in our everyday  life too for prediction of the outcomes of smaller things. The best thing about this tool about  this tool is that we can use this tool in every stage of our innovation from what is to what works  as it is very natural and easy to use.


Reflection : Visualization Challenge : I am a student studying Electronics Engineering in my degree college . My College offered me a project having different tasks during different years of my graduation . The objective or challenge of task during my second year of graduation was to develop an outdoor farm consisting of various electronic systems as well as automation systems in it . I was working with a team of diverse individuals and as a team leader the entire designing and execution of this task was my responsibility . Our work as a team was designing structure of the farm , developing electronic circuits for the systems , using various IoT modules for creating automated system in the farm and creating a good environment for plants to grow properly . Our aim was to develop a working model which will caught attention of project and innovation department and instructors of our college and keep on adding and improving things in the task by taking suggestions and reviews from the department . Selection : As our project was having multiple things to design in different areas it was very difficult to start any area in the task . Another challenge was this designing could have many options having its own merits and demerits but without having a structure of development it was difficult to start the project due to uncertainty . To overcome this problem we used design tool Visualization as this tool helps to verify various option and in understanding the concept of the problem . This tool gives all possibilities about any option before even implementing it as it makes us to think deeply in areas and actual problems occurring during execution . Application : We conducted two stages of application of this tool i.e. visualization where our objective was to initially having a basic structure of the task for having clarity in actual on - field work and to generate new ideas and new set of options related to various automation and electronic systems . In first stage of visualization I told my team to visualize about basic structure of the task and general flow of work and prepare a flowchart . After the work of preparing flowchart was done we conducted a meeting and discussed the options in all flowcharts and finalized a structure to our task by taking all possible difficulties also in account . This gave us more clarity to work on our task and distributing work to all team members became easier . In the second stage of visualization I told my team to visualize about different set of options and combinations we can use in our task to make it a good electronic and automated project and prepare a document giving details about it . After the work is done we again conducted a meeting where we collected all the new ideas about electronics and automation systems . Then we discussed these various options and finalized a set of options or some specific systems that we wanted to include in our farm . The rejected options in this meeting were not discarded but they are stored for later use and later betterment of project . Except this we used this tool many times during designing of each electronic system in detail as it was helpful in understanding problems and key points we were going to face in future while developing them . Insights : By applying visualization design tool , our team became very much confident in doing the work because they were already aware about pros and cons of the specific system . As structure of task was ready due to visualization the initial work was done very faster as all team members had clarity about their work as they knew what they were creating at the end . When we faced any problem which we had not visualized at the time of preparation we had set of options already stored that can be substituted easily . As we have visualized everything it became easy for us to get our requirements such as circuit boards , soil , digging tools , hardware and other components time . It also helped us to finalizing approximate budget of the whole task . Visualization mainly made approach of every team member of our team more practical so we kept on doing things efficiently and in time with minimum errors . After the presentation of our task to the innovation department they told us things to emphasize and improved . The visualization carried out at the beginning of the task helped us even during working on the same task in future as we have already searched lot of new ideas and raw data which was helpful . Approach : This course helped me to understand this tool even more which we often use in our everyday life too for prediction of the outcomes of smaller things . The best thing about this tool about this tool is that we can use this tool in every stage of our innovation from what is to what works as it is very natural and easy to use .