Reflection – Mind Mapping

Challenge & Selection

At university, I am learning to use different design thinking tools, one of them is mind mapping.

This is the most effective way to capture and represent the minds of potential customers. This approach  is important because it forms the background of data research in a way that allows you to extract  meaning from the data and emerging patterns and insights for the development of the project.

The last time I used this tool in the development of the user interface of my application. I

needed to develop an application in which the user would fill out a diary and indicate the calories  consumed throughout the day. Since I had the data after interviewing potential users, I needed to sort  piecemeal through the data. Therefore, our teacher divided us into groups for brainstorming. So I  started using the mind mapping tool in that case.

Application

Let me describe how I applied the mind mapping tool to solve my challenge. First of all, as I said,

we split into groups and created a board using the Miro platform. This helped us to divide the  information into a certain number of blocks and add electronic stickers to a certain block to follow the  development of the idea. Using the mind mapping tool, my team compiled a potential client's empathy  map, where we indicated the user's pains and desires. The stickers and links we marked between our  notes helped determine the core value of the service we were working on. This technique allowed us to  divide the tasks of the service into several differently formulated ones and decide which sections to  implement into the application and offer non-obvious ideas for using different sections of the electronic  food diary.

Insight & Approach

One thing I realized after using the mind mapping tool is that this method allows you to identify

patterns in a large amount of data in a more creative, more visual and more fascinating way. Since  studying how the mind mapping method works was part of homework at the university, it gave an  understanding of how ideas are generated in work projects between designers and attracted people  with different experiences and different worldviews around a common problem. Mind mapping allowed  my team to unleash creativity and intuition, which served us well throughout the rest of the process.  And I realized that mind mapping can be very funny and, as a result, supports the atmosphere in the  team and the desire to work further in order to eventually bring something new.

Thinking about what I could do differently next time using this tool, I can say that it would be

better to involve not only my design team, but also the users interviewed earlier to get a deeper  understanding of the proposed ideas.


Reflection – Mind Mapping Challenge & Selection At university , I am learning to use different design thinking tools , one of them is mind mapping . This is the most effective way to capture and represent the minds of potential customers . This approach is important because it forms the background of data research in a way that allows you to extract meaning from the data and emerging patterns and insights for the development of the project . The last time I used this tool in the development of the user interface of my application . I needed to develop an application in which the user would fill out a diary and indicate the calories consumed throughout the day . Since I had the data after interviewing potential users , I needed to sort piecemeal through the data . Therefore , our teacher divided us into groups for brainstorming . So I started using the mind mapping tool in that case . Application Let me describe how I applied the mind mapping tool to solve my challenge . First of all , as I said , we split into groups and created a board using the Miro platform . This helped us to divide the information into a certain number of blocks and add electronic stickers to a certain block to follow the development of the idea . Using the mind mapping tool , my team compiled a potential client 's empathy map , where we indicated the user 's pains and desires . The stickers and links we marked between our notes helped determine the core value of the service we were working on . This technique allowed us to divide the tasks of the service into several differently formulated ones and decide which sections to implement into the application and offer non - obvious ideas for using different sections of the electronic food diary . Insight & Approach One thing I realized after using the mind mapping tool is that this method allows you to identify patterns in a large amount of data in a more creative , more visual and more fascinating way . Since studying how the mind mapping method works was part of homework at the university , it gave an understanding of how ideas are generated in work projects between designers and attracted people with different experiences and different worldviews around a common problem . Mind mapping allowed my team to unleash creativity and intuition , which served us well throughout the rest of the process . And I realized that mind mapping can be very funny and , as a result , supports the atmosphere in the team and the desire to work further in order to eventually bring something new . Thinking about what I could do differently next time using this tool , I can say that it would be better to involve not only my design team , but also the users interviewed earlier to get a deeper understanding of the proposed ideas .