Reflection – Learning Launch

Challenge & Selection

Since I am currently finishing my major in biomedical engineering-Industrial engineering, I  have not got many real-life experiences per se. Nevertheless, I’ve found design thinking  and its tools a useful ally in my career path. After deep questioning, I’ve realized which  tool is the most appropriate to use in my thesis project. The tool I am ready to use is the  Learning Launch. This tool will allow me to gather real information about how my idea  interacts with the final user and understand their true needs and therefor be able to  determine what works. I find this tool particularly useful because it involves the scientific  method which I’m very familiar with and uses other tools such as prototyping.

Application

The first step was to state the hypothesis I wanted to prove, and all the key assumptions I  needed to test. Them I could design the test for those key assumptions and apply it in the  Learning Launch.

In the first learning launch, I’ll be focusing on the reactions and sensations users have when  interacting with the project. In order to achieve this, some parameters must be stablished.  Less is more, this means I’ll be focusing on the quality of the data not the quantity so the  guest list will be short. Second, the learning launch booth will be divided into stations so I  can focus the information I want to collect on each part of the project. Third, making guest  comfortable gets the truth. The goal is to make the attendees as comfortable as I can  making the project stations interactive and fun, because as far as I learned If a manage to  make them forget this is an academic activity, ill be able to get their true feelings and  opinions about the project.  My role will be moving across each station talking to the  participants to gather more information on my own.

After this first launch, a second one will be prepared with all the knowledge gather from the  first one. The second Learning Launch will be a lot more formal than the second one since  I’ll be asking for expert opinions about the project, so the stations will maintain but they’ll  be less interactive but more theorical.

Its important to mention that after each launch it ill be ask to the attendees to complete a  short survey of their opinions and recommendations on the project.

Insights

Having in mind that my hypothesis and all the assumptions made could be completely  wrong, all the data gathered will suffer a process of deep analysis to extract all the data that

could lead either to prove or disprove the hypothesis and in case of being disproven to  transform the insights into the new assumptions for a new working hypothesis.

Since Innovation is a probability game, is most likely that the first hypothesis I proposed is  wrong. The truth is that’ll be wonderful since the soul of this tool is to be recon as a  learning process, the best insight come from failure.

Approach

Even though I have not tested this tool I’m very confident that this is the way to go whit my  project, and even if it isn’t I’m willing to fail fast and cheap and learn from it!


Reflection – Learning Launch Challenge & Selection Since I am currently finishing my major in biomedical engineering - Industrial engineering , I have not got many real - life experiences per se . Nevertheless , I ’ve found design thinking and its tools a useful ally in my career path . After deep questioning , I ’ve realized which tool is the most appropriate to use in my thesis project . The tool I am ready to use is the Learning Launch . This tool will allow me to gather real information about how my idea interacts with the final user and understand their true needs and therefor be able to determine what works . I find this tool particularly useful because it involves the scientific method which I ’m very familiar with and uses other tools such as prototyping . Application The first step was to state the hypothesis I wanted to prove , and all the key assumptions I needed to test . Them I could design the test for those key assumptions and apply it in the Learning Launch . In the first learning launch , I ’ll be focusing on the reactions and sensations users have when interacting with the project . In order to achieve this , some parameters must be stablished . Less is more , this means I ’ll be focusing on the quality of the data not the quantity so the guest list will be short . Second , the learning launch booth will be divided into stations so I can focus the information I want to collect on each part of the project . Third , making guest comfortable gets the truth . The goal is to make the attendees as comfortable as I can making the project stations interactive and fun , because as far as I learned If a manage to make them forget this is an academic activity , ill be able to get their true feelings and opinions about the project . My role will be moving across each station talking to the participants to gather more information on my own . After this first launch , a second one will be prepared with all the knowledge gather from the first one . The second Learning Launch will be a lot more formal than the second one since I ’ll be asking for expert opinions about the project , so the stations will maintain but they ’ll be less interactive but more theorical . Its important to mention that after each launch it ill be ask to the attendees to complete a short survey of their opinions and recommendations on the project . Insights Having in mind that my hypothesis and all the assumptions made could be completely wrong , all the data gathered will suffer a process of deep analysis to extract all the data that could lead either to prove or disprove the hypothesis and in case of being disproven to transform the insights into the new assumptions for a new working hypothesis . Since Innovation is a probability game , is most likely that the first hypothesis I proposed is wrong . The truth is that ’ll be wonderful since the soul of this tool is to be recon as a learning process , the best insight come from failure . Approach Even though I have not tested this tool I ’m very confident that this is the way to go whit my project , and even if it is n’t I ’m willing to fail fast and cheap and learn from it !