GSIF Post #4

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  1. *Based on your life experience, skills and interests, what would a design process that is both uniquely yours and effective look like? 

 

A design process that is both uniquely ours and effective would look like first doing a thorough and deep research about the needs of the patients and making sure that they are culturally appropriate according to Philippine culture and then going to do fieldwork in the Philippines to do interviews of our stakeholders and making sure that we are fulfilling the appropriate needs and wants of the patients and healthcare staff that are involved in the process of birthing. Afterwards, we will be coming back to create a business model for our product since the other birthing team in the Philippines will be creating the design for the birthing chairs this year. 

 

  1. *Identify your three most important stakeholders and list five UNIQUE attributes for each one of them. 

Mothers

  • Region of Country
  • Social Class
  • Health
  • Religion
  • Income

Healthcare Network

  • Money
  • Region of Country
  • Partnerships
  • Need for new birthing chairs
  • Amount/number of staff in hospital (under/over staffed)

Doctors/ Physicians 

  • Education Level
  • Region of Country
  • Skill
  • Understanding of different cultures
  • Teamwork

 

  1. *Identify three ways in which you will validate your project concept, technology, usability, and business model. 

Concept

  • Help decrease maternal and infant mortality
  • A durable and comfortable birthing table
  • Affordable

Technology

  • Technology/ product platform
  • Technology is not usable in our product however infrastructure is
  • Sizing ability (ability to change to different sizes for the mothers)

Usability

  • Durability
  • Comfortability
  • Sizable (able to withhold mothers of different sizes and adjust accordingly)

Business Model

  • Helps alleviate potential risks when women give birth
  • The Philippines is a developing country so the birthing chair will have to be an affordable cost
  • A culturally appropriate birthing table design
  1. Give three examples of something very interesting you learned from a friend that was a completely alien concept to you.
  • That some African tribes would style and design their hair in a way that would describe their age, marital status, tribe that they are a part of, etc all in just one style of hair.
  • That the way that an Indian woman would wrap their garment and its design can show what village they are from and their status, similar way to what the African tribes would do
  • That Americans hold and eat their forks differently from other parts of the world. In the US, people will cut their food with a knife and fork and then set them down before picking the fork again to eat it with their dominant hand, whereas in other parts of the world you cut and eat with the same hands and you do not set them down until you have finished your meal.
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1 thought on “GSIF Post #4”

  1. Good work! A few things to think through in more detail – how do the aspects of each stakeholder you identified affect their relationship with the project? And, while you identified characteristics your project concept, technology, usability, and business model will need to be successful, what are the processes you will use to validate that you have those characteristics? For example, how will you validate that the chair is affordable? Calculations? Asking people? Number sold? Etc.

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