Reflection – Learning Launch

I work at my design department and my challenge is to improve the design projects in industrial  design within the department in order to increase sales for clints and to spend designs budgets  on the right campaigns. The project scope includes the design department composed of 11  employees, as well as the larger design department and engineer’s department, with whom we  work closely. The project is limited to internal resources. The project should not exceed 30  business days and the solution should include an even distribution of working hours amongst  the team members. We will focus on trying to uncover what our team members, as well as key  stakeholders within the larger design department and engineer’s department, consider to be  ineffective or problematic with regard to the workflow. Our team has already gone through  several design thinking tools, so we are ready to try the learning launch tool. Broadly speaking,  the learning launch is an experiment meant to quickly test an idea and prototype. For our first  learning launch, we focused on the structure of our design tasks. In particular, we wanted to see  if we could structure our tasks, projects, and processes to adapt the methods of Scrum project  management for our work in an effort to become more agile. This tested our assumption that  the structure and execution were the main causes of our workflow challenge. Our team went  through a three-day training with a design project management coach. Next, we went through  five workshops to structure our tasks and processes in a more agile way. These two sessions  occurred within in a three-week timeframe. We expected to produce a document with a clear  description of our new, more agile processes/workflow. For our second learning launch, we  focused on gaining clarity about our tasks and priorities. This tested our assumption that our  prioritization of tasks was the main cause of our workflow challenge. Our team completed an  anonymous survey. Additionally, five key stakeholders from the larger design department and  engineer’s department also completed an anonymous survey. The surveys included questions  about our new, proposed process, understanding the process and the prioritization of tasks, and  feelings about the change, and were conducted within a one-week timeframe. To sum up, By  applying the learning launch tool, our team identified our assumptions and designed launches to  test these assumptions. Additionally, we thought through anticipated results, expecting to find  that a more agile approach would improve our workflow, and that both our team and the key  stakeholders would be fairly open to the new prioritization of tasks and process. Our actual  results were slightly different from what we anticipated: while our team was open to the  prioritization of tasks and process, the key stakeholders in the larger design department and  engineers’ department expressed some concerns. Moving forward, our team will review this  insight and incorporate it into future launch designs.


Reflection – Learning Launch I work at my design department and my challenge is to improve the design projects in industrial design within the department in order to increase sales for clints and to spend designs budgets on the right campaigns . The project scope includes the design department composed of 11 employees , as well as the larger design department and engineer ’s department , with whom we work closely . The project is limited to internal resources . The project should not exceed 30 business days and the solution should include an even distribution of working hours amongst the team members . We will focus on trying to uncover what our team members , as well as key stakeholders within the larger design department and engineer ’s department , consider to be ineffective or problematic with regard to the workflow . Our team has already gone through several design thinking tools , so we are ready to try the learning launch tool . Broadly speaking , the learning launch is an experiment meant to quickly test an idea and prototype . For our first learning launch , we focused on the structure of our design tasks . In particular , we wanted to see if we could structure our tasks , projects , and processes to adapt the methods of Scrum project management for our work in an effort to become more agile . This tested our assumption that the structure and execution were the main causes of our workflow challenge . Our team went through a three - day training with a design project management coach . Next , we went through five workshops to structure our tasks and processes in a more agile way . These two sessions occurred within in a three - week timeframe . We expected to produce a document with a clear description of our new , more agile processes / workflow . For our second learning launch , we focused on gaining clarity about our tasks and priorities . This tested our assumption that our prioritization of tasks was the main cause of our workflow challenge . Our team completed an anonymous survey . Additionally , five key stakeholders from the larger design department and engineer ’s department also completed an anonymous survey . The surveys included questions about our new , proposed process , understanding the process and the prioritization of tasks , and feelings about the change , and were conducted within a one - week timeframe . To sum up , By applying the learning launch tool , our team identified our assumptions and designed launches to test these assumptions . Additionally , we thought through anticipated results , expecting to find that a more agile approach would improve our workflow , and that both our team and the key stakeholders would be fairly open to the new prioritization of tasks and process . Our actual results were slightly different from what we anticipated : while our team was open to the prioritization of tasks and process , the key stakeholders in the larger design department and engineers ’ department expressed some concerns . Moving forward , our team will review this insight and incorporate it into future launch designs .