Assignment – Design Thinking session 2016 - 10 - 02 

 1 . Challenge : Describe your challenge , including all relevant information . 

 The challenge is to understand what are the mains different topics touched during an innovation   project process . Because when we ask different projects managers to explain how they manage   their projects , they use many different words . These words may be related to the beginning of   an innovation project , or to the middle , or they are related to the prototype and the expected   final result . 

 2 . Selection : In your own words , briefly describe the tool you selected ( e.g. , what it is and why 

 you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture references ) . 

 In order to find clusters of words used during a project management , I have gathered data from   several sources . I have chosen to use Mind Mapping tool in order to find a structure and   patterns in my bunch of data . The Mind Mapping tool lets us to synthesize our data , and to   structure it around a main topic . Here for me the main topic was “ project management ” . I have   chosen Mind Mapping for my challenge in order to help me to find if there are only several main   topics in the project management language , which will be helpful to present as a result in front   of my directors . In the same time Mind Mapping is an excellent tool to communicate the results . 

 3 . Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you 

 did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) . 

 In my case , great amount of data have been provided by several others tools . First , I have   conducted an Ethnographic interview on the subject of “ project management practices ” with   around 20 project managers . So I have obtained a very impressive amount of data already .   Secondary , I have read a great bunch of research articles linked with the project management .   Thirdly , I have looked upon the existent software tools dedicated to project management .   Meanwhile , I started to create my Mind Mapping map with a Mind Mapping tool . In the beginning   all the word seems to be disconnected , but in time these disconnected topics , I managed to   cluster them in some 6 main topics . 

 4 . Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge 

 ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking   more broadly ) . 

 Here in order to exemplify the results I have obtained : project ( length , contextual information ,   business case , goals , human involved ) , manage the project ( launch , management , conduct a   project with the help of a method , adjust the goals of a project , close a project ) , selection   ( invest , value creation opportunity , risks ) , indicators ( verify , survey , measure ) , means   ( resources , machines , depreciation , data ) … 

 5 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you 

 selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why .   The next time it may be interesting to use Mind Mapping after say the lecture of articles , and   then construct the Ethnographic interview with the help of the already gathered data . In this   way I might be able to put many other interesting questions to my interviewee , and obtain a   broader amount of data .      Here you may see the result of my Mind Mapping obtained in French . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Assignment – Design Thinking session 2016 - 10 - 02 

 1 . Challenge : Describe your challenge , including all relevant information . 

 The challenge is to understand what are the mains different topics touched during an innovation   project process . Because when we ask different projects managers to explain how they manage   their projects , they use many different words . These words may be related to the beginning of   an innovation project , or to the middle , or they are related to the prototype and the expected   final result . 

 2 . Selection : In your own words , briefly describe the tool you selected ( e.g. , what it is and why 

 you selected it for your challenge -- including any appropriate video lecture references ) . 

 In order to find clusters of words used during a project management , I have gathered data from   several sources . I have chosen to use Mind Mapping tool in order to find a structure and   patterns in my bunch of data . The Mind Mapping tool lets us to synthesize our data , and to   structure it around a main topic . Here for me the main topic was “ project management ” . I have   chosen Mind Mapping for my challenge in order to help me to find if there are only several main   topics in the project management language , which will be helpful to present as a result in front   of my directors . In the same time Mind Mapping is an excellent tool to communicate the results . 

 3 . Application : Describe how you applied the tool you selected to your challenge ( e.g. , what you 

 did and how the tool was applied effectively or ineffectively ) . 

 In my case , great amount of data have been provided by several others tools . First , I have   conducted an Ethnographic interview on the subject of “ project management practices ” with   around 20 project managers . So I have obtained a very impressive amount of data already .   Secondary , I have read a great bunch of research articles linked with the project management .   Thirdly , I have looked upon the existent software tools dedicated to project management .   Meanwhile , I started to create my Mind Mapping map with a Mind Mapping tool . In the beginning   all the word seems to be disconnected , but in time these disconnected topics , I managed to   cluster them in some 6 main topics . 

 4 . Insight : Describe the insight you gained from applying the tool you selected to your challenge 

 ( e.g. , how an insight affected your thinking about the challenge and about design thinking   more broadly ) . 

 Here in order to exemplify the results I have obtained : project ( length , contextual information ,   business case , goals , human involved ) , manage the project ( launch , management , conduct a   project with the help of a method , adjust the goals of a project , close a project ) , selection   ( invest , value creation opportunity , risks ) , indicators ( verify , survey , measure ) , means   ( resources , machines , depreciation , data ) … 

 5 . Approach : Describe what you might do differently next time -- applying the same tool you 

 selected or a different one -- and the reason(s ) why .   The next time it may be interesting to use Mind Mapping after say the lecture of articles , and   then construct the Ethnographic interview with the help of the already gathered data . In this   way I might be able to put many other interesting questions to my interviewee , and obtain a   broader amount of data .      Here you may see the result of my Mind Mapping obtained in French .
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