Reflection- Mind mapping

Challenge:

I work for a project organization that deals with multiple projects that are massive, medium and  small. The projects are complex in nature, while often small ones, involves many stakeholders  and includes many stages and activities that need to be well coordinated and the slippage of any  one action contributes to the domino effects and impacts on the other tasks, interface projects,  which in turn affect the outcomes of cost, schedule and efficiency. A challenge to proper planning  is also the effective allocation of scarce resources.

Selection

Our team had already gone through various design thinking activities/tools. Using the Mind  Mapping Approach to learn from each other, involving the project team and multiple stakeholder  groups, in the process of evaluating the scope, limitations, key elements, and relationships  between elements to be considered when identifying pain points and opportunities for  improvements or solutions. We should capitalize on data learned from experiences and come up  with an innovative approach for the execution of the project.

Application

Using this approach, all the data and observations could be conveniently collected and shared,  the aim is to set standards for the generation phase of what-if idea. In terms of scope, stakeholder  expectations, communications, engineering, procurement, resource assignments, risks,  integration, scheduling, expense and efficiency, we will be able to diagram the network flow of  operations and the dependencies. With people speaking out their thoughts, it would be more  visual and more interactive. The activity that fell into the critical route could be defined and the  tasks that needed further effort and have dependencies are labelled. The mind mapping process's  concept thinking would accurately capture and reflect the minds of the needs of our stakeholders  that are collected up-front.

Insight & Approach

Well, this will be an exceptional eyeopener, mind-mapping is an effective way to recognize the  pitfall that we may encounter, the more beneficial part of the exercise will be the mutual  interactions and shared learning that exists while working to define the challenges in the area of  their knowledge. The mind-mapping provides the dynamic group of stakeholders with a focal  point for dialogue that allows them to share their points of view and gain insights into the  potential root causes of the problems. Although we could generate the flow of the process from  a blank canvas in a collective way. We can easily find broken connections instead of spending  time to discover them, and gain fresh insights into interactions between key processes more  efficiently. This should also describe variables in the problem area to help them to recognize what

we don't know, in what fields we need to learn information or experience to have values for the  unknowns.

Since I found that shared experiences and learning was the most important part, I will use Mind  Mapping next time as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities. Then for the rest  of the work, the updated map that integrates their collective input will serve as a reference tool.


Reflection- Mind mapping Challenge : I work for a project organization that deals with multiple projects that are massive , medium and small . The projects are complex in nature , while often small ones , involves many stakeholders and includes many stages and activities that need to be well coordinated and the slippage of any one action contributes to the domino effects and impacts on the other tasks , interface projects , which in turn affect the outcomes of cost , schedule and efficiency . A challenge to proper planning is also the effective allocation of scarce resources . Selection Our team had already gone through various design thinking activities / tools . Using the Mind Mapping Approach to learn from each other , involving the project team and multiple stakeholder groups , in the process of evaluating the scope , limitations , key elements , and relationships between elements to be considered when identifying pain points and opportunities for improvements or solutions . We should capitalize on data learned from experiences and come up with an innovative approach for the execution of the project . Application Using this approach , all the data and observations could be conveniently collected and shared , the aim is to set standards for the generation phase of what - if idea . In terms of scope , stakeholder expectations , communications , engineering , procurement , resource assignments , risks , integration , scheduling , expense and efficiency , we will be able to diagram the network flow of operations and the dependencies . With people speaking out their thoughts , it would be more visual and more interactive . The activity that fell into the critical route could be defined and the tasks that needed further effort and have dependencies are labelled . The mind mapping process 's concept thinking would accurately capture and reflect the minds of the needs of our stakeholders that are collected up - front . Insight & Approach Well , this will be an exceptional eyeopener , mind - mapping is an effective way to recognize the pitfall that we may encounter , the more beneficial part of the exercise will be the mutual interactions and shared learning that exists while working to define the challenges in the area of their knowledge . The mind - mapping provides the dynamic group of stakeholders with a focal point for dialogue that allows them to share their points of view and gain insights into the potential root causes of the problems . Although we could generate the flow of the process from a blank canvas in a collective way . We can easily find broken connections instead of spending time to discover them , and gain fresh insights into interactions between key processes more efficiently . This should also describe variables in the problem area to help them to recognize what we do n't know , in what fields we need to learn information or experience to have values for the unknowns . Since I found that shared experiences and learning was the most important part , I will use Mind Mapping next time as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities . Then for the rest of the work , the updated map that integrates their collective input will serve as a reference tool .