Challenge & Selection

My current project is the „ Development of an Application for Schools“. To understand the multiple  interests and requirements of the different stakeholders within this project I used the tool of visualization

The app is an already ongoing project I was asked to jump into as a Visual Designer. The app will help  teachers, students and parents to organize and help in the daily life of a students learning. The app  should in the end be used from teachers, students and their parents, so it will have three different entry  points and views.

Furthermore there will be the stakeholders who would ﬁnance, develop and make the project possible:  people from the government of the country where schools will apply and work with this app in near  future. On top there is the company which is producing the app. To ﬁnd out and ﬁnally be able to agree  on most important issues of this project I decided to use the tool of Visualization and to ask  stakeholders that where available to me (the teachers view, see the drawing).

Application

I invited a friend of mine who works as a  teacher to join me with this project. While I  was drawing - starting from the center - which  is the app- we both were talking about  possible interests from each side of the  stakeholders (the software company, the  government, the parents, the pupils, the  teacher)

We came down to the solution that from  teachers perspective the app should be

- simple to use - there should be no conﬂicting courses (the

same online and ofﬂine material)

- it should be fun, positive and motivating to

the pupils.

This was the main input from a teachers  perspective. We did agree on some other  interests concerning parents, pupils etc and  the whole process became very vivid as I had  fun on drawing the different stakeholders and  getting so much new input from the view of a  real teacher.

With these results I would now go on and do  the same process to all the other  stakeholders that are available. Gathering this  information - especially in workshops where  more people and stakeholders are available  at the same time would lead to much more  information as one response will be  inﬂuencing the next.

Insight

What I have learned from this exercise is that talking about stakeholder interests gets much more  easy if all participants of the project share their views and if this immediately is written down and  gets visualized. It helps the process of coming to more input and ideas and the process itself is  much more fun than just talking. It is a good way of organizing information while talking about it.

Approach  The drawing will easily become a reference tool for the next workshop and will serve as a constant  reference to hang it up on a wall and stick to the ﬁndings while going on with the development.


Challenge & Selection My current project is the „ Development of an Application for Schools “ . To understand the multiple interests and requirements of the different stakeholders within this project I used the tool of visualization The app is an already ongoing project I was asked to jump into as a Visual Designer . The app will help teachers , students and parents to organize and help in the daily life of a students learning . The app should in the end be used from teachers , students and their parents , so it will have three different entry points and views . Furthermore there will be the stakeholders who would ﬁnance , develop and make the project possible : people from the government of the country where schools will apply and work with this app in near future . On top there is the company which is producing the app . To ﬁnd out and ﬁnally be able to agree on most important issues of this project I decided to use the tool of Visualization and to ask stakeholders that where available to me ( the teachers view , see the drawing ) . Application I invited a friend of mine who works as a teacher to join me with this project . While I was drawing - starting from the center - which is the app- we both were talking about possible interests from each side of the stakeholders ( the software company , the government , the parents , the pupils , the teacher ) We came down to the solution that from teachers perspective the app should be - simple to use - there should be no conﬂicting courses ( the same online and ofﬂine material ) - it should be fun , positive and motivating to the pupils . This was the main input from a teachers perspective . We did agree on some other interests concerning parents , pupils etc and the whole process became very vivid as I had fun on drawing the different stakeholders and getting so much new input from the view of a real teacher . With these results I would now go on and do the same process to all the other stakeholders that are available . Gathering this information - especially in workshops where more people and stakeholders are available at the same time would lead to much more information as one response will be inﬂuencing the next . Insight What I have learned from this exercise is that talking about stakeholder interests gets much more easy if all participants of the project share their views and if this immediately is written down and gets visualized . It helps the process of coming to more input and ideas and the process itself is much more fun than just talking . It is a good way of organizing information while talking about it . Approach The drawing will easily become a reference tool for the next workshop and will serve as a constant reference to hang it up on a wall and stick to the ﬁndings while going on with the development .