- *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.
- *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
- *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 table will have to be an affordable cost
- A culturally appropriate birthing table design
- Give three examples of something very interesting you learned from a friend that was a completely alien concept to you.
Three things I have learned from my friends is that my experiences that I have experienced I can apply to the things I am working on. I use to think it was only the things I learn from are able to resolve the issues that I am trying to solve. However sometimes it is things from my experiences that are able to help me solve these problems. Another one is to never assume anything from a person. When meeting someone from the first time never assume anything. The last thing is that people will have different views from you. You can not be expect everyone to see the same point of view as you. Even if they do not share the same point of view as you you still have to treat them with the same respect as you would with someone who has the views as you. These are three things that I have been able to learn from friends.