Curriculum
Kickoff
03.05.2023
We are excited to welcome you to the program! This will be your chance to get to know the fellow participants and form your group.
Project Management Introduction
10.05.2022
During this session, you will receive initial insights into the project and familiarize yourself with the design thinking framework. Furthermore, an expert on species protection has been invited to provide you with additional insights into the subject matter and to answer any questions you may have.
First Meetup
17.05.2023
During the First Meetup, the Project Management Track starts with the first phase: Empathize. The goal is to create an understanding for the problems and challenges regarding the topic area. Connections are to be uncovered and understood, and stakeholders and their needs are to be identified.
To understand the needs of your user group, you will interview fellow peers. During the session, we will discuss what aspects to pay attention to and you will have time to design the questionnaire.
Here you can find general tips on how to create a survey and some general examples for survey questions are here .
I would suggest that you create your questionnaire using Google Forms as google will automatically visualize your quantitative results.
If you’d like to conduct in person interviews, this can help you.
More information can be found in the Methods section.
Second Meetup
31.05.2022
Once you have analyzed the results of your research, it's time to define the main pain points of your target group. One way to document your findings is to create "How Might We" statements. It's important to keep in mind that these statements should focus on the users' needs and be phrased as an opportunity, rather than a solution.
For instance, as TechAcademy, we could ask ourselves:
How might we motivate our participants to complete the semester program when they lack motivation?
There are other techniques mentioned in the Methods section that you can also use.
Based on your core findings and the pain points of your target group, we move on to the ideation phase and start brainstorming. Here you should generate as many ideas as possible. In this phase quantity over quality applies. Feasibility and restrictions are disregarded for the time being. This is also called divergent thinking.
After you have collected your ideas, you have to choose the best one. Which idea is feasible, which is realistic? Maybe you can combine some ideas? It is important that you document the decision process and explain why you have chosen your model as a press release.
How this is supposed to look like and which questions should be answered you can find here: https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/methodology/phase2-define/future-press-release
Third Meetup
21.06.2023
In this meetup you will start creating your prototype. To make sure you have all main features included and know what the user experience is supposed to be like you can create a storyboard. In the storyboard you’ll map out the user's journey while using the app. More information here: https://designsprintkit.withgoogle.com/methodology/phase5-prototype/storyboard
Your story board could look like this:
It could also look like this:
Or this:
You can find more examples here.
Additionally we will talk about your pitches. What does a good pitch entail and how do you structure it?
Fourth Meetup
28.06.2023
Today is your presentation day! You'll have the opportunity to share your idea with the group and receive feedback.
Deadline: 09.07.2023, 23:59 PM
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