Design Thinking for Innovation

Peer Graded Assignment

Mind mapping – Benchmark FMEA-Software

Challenge  For my work at FMEAplus Akademie, which is a consultant firm for the FMEA method of evaluating  possible risks and failures of products and processes, I have to issue a benchmark of all the FMEA- Software available on the market. To get an overview and a lot of unfiltered ideas about this topic I  decided to use the mind mapping tool.

Selection  Mind mapping is a tool which has two purposes. First it helps to collect a lot of unfiltered information  about a given topic. There are all kind of information included, no matter if sense full or not. Second  it also clusters the information into subtopics, sub subtopics and so on, so that you immediately get a  structured map of your topic.

I chose this tool, because I have not much experience in this topic, so together with 3 colleagues I can  get a lot of useful information in a short period of time. Later I can analyze and filter the information  with my standards. Additionally I have also the structure of my work.

Application  Like I already said I met with 3 colleagues and we started with a 20 minutes brainstorming to collect  as much as possible information. After that we tried to cluster the information and issue the mind  map you can see below.

Insight  The tool enabled to get an oversight about the topic and to structure the further exercise.  Additionally it helped to don’t forget anything. Afterwards I used the mind map often just to see  what I have already done, where I am now and what I still have to do. Also the practical exercising of  the tool helped me to understand design thinking in a better way.

Approach  The next time I will for sure use the same tool again, because it helped me a lot in the already  mentioned scopes. Perhaps I will enlarge the team to 5 or 6 persons, so maybe even more  information will be collected. I also think of changing the way I applied the tool. Instead of writing it  just down on a paper I would like to use small cards and pin them on a big board, so everyone can  see what we are talking about and to make the structure clearer.


Design Thinking for Innovation Peer Graded Assignment Mind mapping – Benchmark FMEA - Software Challenge For my work at FMEAplus Akademie , which is a consultant firm for the FMEA method of evaluating possible risks and failures of products and processes , I have to issue a benchmark of all the FMEA- Software available on the market . To get an overview and a lot of unfiltered ideas about this topic I decided to use the mind mapping tool . Selection Mind mapping is a tool which has two purposes . First it helps to collect a lot of unfiltered information about a given topic . There are all kind of information included , no matter if sense full or not . Second it also clusters the information into subtopics , sub subtopics and so on , so that you immediately get a structured map of your topic . I chose this tool , because I have not much experience in this topic , so together with 3 colleagues I can get a lot of useful information in a short period of time . Later I can analyze and filter the information with my standards . Additionally I have also the structure of my work . Application Like I already said I met with 3 colleagues and we started with a 20 minutes brainstorming to collect as much as possible information . After that we tried to cluster the information and issue the mind map you can see below . Insight The tool enabled to get an oversight about the topic and to structure the further exercise . Additionally it helped to do n’t forget anything . Afterwards I used the mind map often just to see what I have already done , where I am now and what I still have to do . Also the practical exercising of the tool helped me to understand design thinking in a better way . Approach The next time I will for sure use the same tool again , because it helped me a lot in the already mentioned scopes . Perhaps I will enlarge the team to 5 or 6 persons , so maybe even more information will be collected . I also think of changing the way I applied the tool . Instead of writing it just down on a paper I would like to use small cards and pin them on a big board , so everyone can see what we are talking about and to make the structure clearer .