Reflection Assignment – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection     The tool I used was the Mind mapping tool which helped me to go from what is stage to what if   stage of the product development process which I was involved recently as a part of the project   course for a Automotive company in Sweden . The main challenge in the project was to develop a   product for the future by gathering the problems existing in today ’s process and also the getting to   know the insights from the stakeholders for the future . I have used the mind mapping tool which   helped me to look for patterns and themes in the data which I collected by doing the literature and   customer survey regarding the current and future requirements of the product .     Application     I started the process by looking at the data collected from the research on autonomous vehicles   which is the base to the product being developed and look out for possible places of use depending   on the scope of the project . The task was to develop an autonomous load carrier for the future of   transportation which would be able to load and unload goods to the trucks or stakeholders   autonomously without any human help in the whole process . I began by interviewing different kinds   of stakeholders like the warehouse companies , last mile delivery outlets , truck drivers etc to gather   insights and inputs for the future autonomous vehicle . I had to narrow down the scope of the   project pertaining to one area of use of the vehicle which was one of the major tasks before going   for the idea generation phase of the process .     For the narrowing phase of the project I used the mind mapping steps like explained in one of the   course lectures . I took information from the different stake holders pertaining to the various   possible output areas based on a questionnaire which comprised a set of questions related to the   good and bad services that they were facing in the current scenarios and suggestions regarding the   possible future scenarios of the autonomous vehicle . Further narrowing was done using the research   of already existing solutions and competition to few of the above related market areas . Like in the   delivery of goods in the last mile few companies have already started rolling out autonomous   vehicles to deliver goods which are prominently increasing . After gathering all the inputs from   various stakeholders I put them to discussion along with few of my colleagues to look for   connections or patterns in them and then to narrow them down based on several other criteria and   arrive at a final design criteria to proceed to the idea generation phase based on the finalised design   criteria which was done using the mind mapping technique as explained above .     Insight & Approach     What I have learned from doing this mind mapping before proceeding the idea generation phase is   the various possible solutions of each output areas from each stakeholder point of view which when   put on paper gives us a huge variety of ideas which should then be connected for a effective yielding   design criteria . The huge classification tree which comes as a result of mind mapping made me   visualise the importance of doing it without which if the project would ’ve been continued would ’ve   made the project and the whole process difficult and unsuccessful . The survey from various   stakeholders allows them to share their unique perspectives and develop insights into   potential   outputs . 

 It is one of the efficient method to organise ideas and analyse complex situations through breaking   things into smaller sections and one ting the common areas to give a unique successful solution . It   leads us to a clear path to proceed ahead to the next stage without any confusion . It can be finalised   as a process which enhances ones cognitive thinking process , deepen the knowledge of a specific   area and find the specific issues that are needed to be addressed .     Regarding the approach I would use in the future for a situation like this I would say that I would   include the visualisation process along with mind mapping which would be looking into a bigger   picture of developing a whole product . When it comes to “ what is ” stage of the process I would   definitely use the mind mapping technique for this particular project or product as I feel that any   other technique would n’t do the justice to the process of delivering a well defined product for the   stakeholders . 


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: Reflection Assignment – Mind Mapping 

 Challenge & Selection     The tool I used was the Mind mapping tool which helped me to go from what is stage to what if   stage of the product development process which I was involved recently as a part of the project   course for a Automotive company in Sweden . The main challenge in the project was to develop a   product for the future by gathering the problems existing in today ’s process and also the getting to   know the insights from the stakeholders for the future . I have used the mind mapping tool which   helped me to look for patterns and themes in the data which I collected by doing the literature and   customer survey regarding the current and future requirements of the product .     Application     I started the process by looking at the data collected from the research on autonomous vehicles   which is the base to the product being developed and look out for possible places of use depending   on the scope of the project . The task was to develop an autonomous load carrier for the future of   transportation which would be able to load and unload goods to the trucks or stakeholders   autonomously without any human help in the whole process . I began by interviewing different kinds   of stakeholders like the warehouse companies , last mile delivery outlets , truck drivers etc to gather   insights and inputs for the future autonomous vehicle . I had to narrow down the scope of the   project pertaining to one area of use of the vehicle which was one of the major tasks before going   for the idea generation phase of the process .     For the narrowing phase of the project I used the mind mapping steps like explained in one of the   course lectures . I took information from the different stake holders pertaining to the various   possible output areas based on a questionnaire which comprised a set of questions related to the   good and bad services that they were facing in the current scenarios and suggestions regarding the   possible future scenarios of the autonomous vehicle . Further narrowing was done using the research   of already existing solutions and competition to few of the above related market areas . Like in the   delivery of goods in the last mile few companies have already started rolling out autonomous   vehicles to deliver goods which are prominently increasing . After gathering all the inputs from   various stakeholders I put them to discussion along with few of my colleagues to look for   connections or patterns in them and then to narrow them down based on several other criteria and   arrive at a final design criteria to proceed to the idea generation phase based on the finalised design   criteria which was done using the mind mapping technique as explained above .     Insight & Approach     What I have learned from doing this mind mapping before proceeding the idea generation phase is   the various possible solutions of each output areas from each stakeholder point of view which when   put on paper gives us a huge variety of ideas which should then be connected for a effective yielding   design criteria . The huge classification tree which comes as a result of mind mapping made me   visualise the importance of doing it without which if the project would ’ve been continued would ’ve   made the project and the whole process difficult and unsuccessful . The survey from various   stakeholders allows them to share their unique perspectives and develop insights into   potential   outputs . 

 It is one of the efficient method to organise ideas and analyse complex situations through breaking   things into smaller sections and one ting the common areas to give a unique successful solution . It   leads us to a clear path to proceed ahead to the next stage without any confusion . It can be finalised   as a process which enhances ones cognitive thinking process , deepen the knowledge of a specific   area and find the specific issues that are needed to be addressed .     Regarding the approach I would use in the future for a situation like this I would say that I would   include the visualisation process along with mind mapping which would be looking into a bigger   picture of developing a whole product . When it comes to “ what is ” stage of the process I would   definitely use the mind mapping technique for this particular project or product as I feel that any   other technique would n’t do the justice to the process of delivering a well defined product for the   stakeholders .
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