Example Reflection – Visualization

Challenge & Selection  The first tool I used was Visualization to identify and define the problem that we had to  tackle in the contest in which we were participating with my colleagues from the  university. The topic to be discussed was informal trade. We use the straw man  visualization technique with a series of questions or proposals to discuss among the  members of the group and in this way learn from each other and identify improvements  or solutions.   Application  The contest was held at the time of the pandemic, so the meetings had to be virtual, so  we had to use programs like Miro to be able to interact together. We start the process  by creating a straw man graphic of the problem domain. To develop the Straw man  graphic, we used the information we had collected on the subject, such as statistics on  informal trade, history of the steps taken by municipalities to solve the problem,  interviews with informal merchants. In the Straw man I included a column to define the  direct and indirect actors, each member represents an area of interest and in the Miro  a graph was placed for each member. In the Miro they could place pictures and answer  the following questions  1) What points are missing from the graph?  2) What would you add to the graph?  3) What knowledge do you have about the subject?  4) How do you think the mentioned actors are involved?  Each member has 25 minutes to answer these questions. Once the work is completed,  each member explains their answers, the answers are recorded together and then a  group discussion is created to see what is added or removed from the Straw man  graphic.

Insight & Approach  What you learned from doing this activity is that it helps us understand each  participant's point of view and you can see different perspectives on the same topic or  problem addressed. However, even though there are many points of view, an  agreement can be reached and the problem to be faced can be defined. It also helps to  develop a much more effusive discussion in which everyone participates and in which  everyone can share their knowledge. It really is a very good method of identifying the  problem.


Example Reflection – Visualization Challenge & Selection The first tool I used was Visualization to identify and define the problem that we had to tackle in the contest in which we were participating with my colleagues from the university . The topic to be discussed was informal trade . We use the straw man visualization technique with a series of questions or proposals to discuss among the members of the group and in this way learn from each other and identify improvements or solutions . Application The contest was held at the time of the pandemic , so the meetings had to be virtual , so we had to use programs like Miro to be able to interact together . We start the process by creating a straw man graphic of the problem domain . To develop the Straw man graphic , we used the information we had collected on the subject , such as statistics on informal trade , history of the steps taken by municipalities to solve the problem , interviews with informal merchants . In the Straw man I included a column to define the direct and indirect actors , each member represents an area of interest and in the Miro a graph was placed for each member . In the Miro they could place pictures and answer the following questions 1 ) What points are missing from the graph ? 2 ) What would you add to the graph ? 3 ) What knowledge do you have about the subject ? 4 ) How do you think the mentioned actors are involved ? Each member has 25 minutes to answer these questions . Once the work is completed , each member explains their answers , the answers are recorded together and then a group discussion is created to see what is added or removed from the Straw man graphic . Insight & Approach What you learned from doing this activity is that it helps us understand each participant 's point of view and you can see different perspectives on the same topic or problem addressed . However , even though there are many points of view , an agreement can be reached and the problem to be faced can be defined . It also helps to develop a much more effusive discussion in which everyone participates and in which everyone can share their knowledge . It really is a very good method of identifying the problem .