Briefing - 4th May, 2016

Below are the points of discussion/briefing we had today(04.05.2016) at 1pm in the Foundation Studio (obviously manipulated with my understanding):

We have to come up with all this Stages:

STAGE 1: Pick up a Scenario and do a Brain Storming of it.

STAGE 2: Categorize (Mind Mapping) words/points/thoughts/sketches of Brain Storming. Categorization thought process will vary in each problem statement…

STAGE 3: Define initial Problem Statement

STAGE 4: Desk Research; Field Research; Dip-Stick Research

STAGE 5: According to the data/knowledge you collected in the Research process..make an “Analytical Matrix”. (If your case requires having more than 1 Analytical Matrix…go for it). Again, the thought process behind creating the 2 categories..each on one axis, i.e. x-axis & y-axis of the matrix will vary from case to case.

For example:

In case of Jetty..x-axis can be about Parts of Jetty. Y-axis can be about Materials used in those parts.

In case of Kitchen, x-axis can be like Objects in Kitchen..and y-axis will be of people (mother, father, children, adolescent, worker) involved in kitchen.

The Key on basis of which you can link the 2 categories on 2 axis can be based on: Correlation between them/Danger level/Problem/Economy/Importance, etc.

I have attached my Analytical Matrix.

STAGE 5: Re-Define your initial Problem Statement

STAGE 6: Make a STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS. Ok..so Stakeholder analysis is about linking the different set of users of the Product/System of your Problem Statement. Do this Analysis by showing sketches and using pointers. Layout the whole chart such that it is easy to understand which section of the chart is taking about what. Try to have a hierarchy.  (Because no one will like to look at a 3-4 pages data. Instead they will like to look at a pie chart of the data.)

Example: Take an example of Bottle. Instead of just looking at just 2 straight end to end sets that is Company and main user…try to think who are the people linked with the Economics/Transportation/Service/Marketing/Production/Jobs, etc of the Product. Like…

^Isn’t Sanjay bhaiya (Helper boy of our foundation class) linked with it!?. If he don’t deliver the bottles timely to the faculty..then some faculty might complain about him and he might lose his job.

^Isn’t the child labors at railway stations connected to bottles!? They collect the thrown out bottles and try to sell it. So their whole earning is based on this product.

^Isn’t the group which made the model of Stupa out of bottles in Integrated course were the user of it!? If you guys have noticed…they used bottles of only 2 types of structure (l/b/h/diameter at different sections). If they have used bottles of 7-8 companies of different shape and size..they would have faced much more problem. (They were lucky enough to manage to get bottles of similar shape and size)

So try to broaden your horizon of thinking of the user of your Product/System and link them.

While making a layout of users..try to create a hierarchy/flow of the users considering their involvement/connection with the product/system at different stages. One of the way is to make number of concentric circles like bands..and the user which is more connected to the core use..keep him at the band closed to the center..and the user which is least connected..keep him at the farthest band.

If you are still confused..then don’t just keep on thinking..just take a paper and a pencil..and layout whatever your have understood. Post it and take a feed back. Then on basis of your feedback you will be able to understand clearly what you need to do.

STAGE 7: VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS. This basically deals with the economics of the whole system. What you need to do is to understand and sketch the whole Economics and Economics related areas of the Product/System and find the loop holes in it. This will provide you the scope of your solution and its by-product.

For example: Where does this idea of Modular Phone comes from! The basic thought behind the Modular Phones are Customization and Up-gradation. Microsoft fined this gap and a scope of having a business out of it.

STAGE 8: FEATURE BUILDING. You also need to look up for the By-Product of your Process.

For example: If I am designing a Jetty..can’t I say that..Ok..Can we use it in a candle light dinner! So suddenly..I am linking a same product from a sport to a restaurant business.

STAGE 9: Solution. Ok it’s not necessary to some up with. Because what happens that if we are looking for a solution..we might drag our whole process to come to that solution. This will not allow us to know and explore the By-Products of the Solution. So focus on Analytical Parts so that there will be possibility of coming up with Solution and its by-products both. If you come up with a solution..it’s fine. No one is stopping to do that…but it’s not necessary at this Foundation year stage.

SUMBISSION:

^ Your blogs are going to be your submission.

^ Keep on uploading your stuffs and the final submission will be on 20^th May, 2015 (Friday).

^ You can also make a 3D model of the Design Process you followed. Take a paranoma view of the model (by putting paranoma mode on your camera..holding the camera at fixed position..move/rotate the model in front of it.) And post it on the blog.

*From next week, individual feedbacks will be given on the blogs.