So in my engineering class my professor showed us a three part video on a group from the company IDEO that had to re invent a shopping cart in five days. The video was a little older but it showed the steps and methods used to accomplish the task of creating new shopping cart. The group made a really cool shopping cart and completed the task given in the allotted time frame.
I felt I learned quite a bit from the video. The group working on the new design consisted on other majors than just engineers. They had business majors, psychology majors, a linguist, marketing, biology major, and more. That makes sense because you want other perspectives recognized in the design rather than just one view. Also I like how the group had no hierarchy the positions were filled based on how well the people did their job and how they worked with others, for instance the project manager only worked their for six years. compared to some of the others. He was chosen because we worked well with groups. Also I learned that you have to do a lot of research on the problem/ item and go through many designs in order to make the best fitting designs.
Lastly I loved the work area of IDEO. The group was encouraged to be out of their desk and surround themselves in creative environment.
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