Individual questions:
At the end of the sprint, what did you feel was your major contribution to your team’s
understanding? Note, we didn’t say work – we said understanding. How did you aid the
team’s thinking about your project?
So, I’d say my biggest contribution to my team’s thinking was my insight on just how adaptable the clear wound
dressing is. I brought up the fact that it may not suit all patients' wounds (such as but not limited to surgical wounds,
deep wounds, tears, etc.). This facilitated multiple responses of what our design wasn’t adaptable to, giving us clear
leeway to consider this aspect as something we can improve on.
In design sprint #1, we asked you about how you evaluate the credibility and quality of
information. We want you to go back and look at your answer and tell us what has
changed, and what has stayed the same.
Honestly, nothing much has changed. I still check for consistency of information across multiple sources. I also try to
use articles from medical, engineering, or academic organizations, and if not that, I still ensure that the article was
created by professionals with concrete data and reasoning. The only thing that may have changed, though extremely
minor, is the fact I don’t even attempt to use manufacturing websites anymore. Specification details aren’t very useful
as they are extremely general, if that. They don’t tell the bigger picture of the product, and oftentimes, they have a
bias to sell the product, not highlighting its weaknesses.
In design sprint #2, we asked you about the process of giving and receiving during the
feedback exercise in class. Headed into the mid semester design review, please reflect
on and answer the following two questions:
What are key things you want to focus on to give effective feedback?
One thing I want to focus on is being specific and clear. Classmates need concrete responses on how and why to
improve something so that they can truly improve their design and put my words into actions. I also want to give my
feedback in a timely manner. Often, I stay quiet trying to develop a question, but what ends up happening is the
presenter thinks I’m trying to bounce off of someone else’s question or say a question to solely say a question. So, if I
say my feedback in a timely manner it will, hopefully, maintain a sense of impact and clarity. I also want my feedback
to be forward-focused. Essentially, I want to give feasible steps for improvement rather than shout ideas. But, none of
this matters if my tone doesn’t match the situation. Tone means everything. It can make something unsarcastic into
sarcasm, or make peers think a certain way when one means another. So, I want to keep my tone growth-based to
give feedback as effectively as I can.
What are key things you want to focus on to receive effective feedback?
Out of everything, I want to make sure I stay open minded. I want to listen without being defensive. My product isn’t
the best in the world, and so truly listening and even contributing to other perspectives on my device may help
improve my device. I also want to make sure that I’m not afraid to ask questions. This kinda tags along with the first
one as I have to truly listen to what my peers are saying to see if there isn’t anything I understand, and if there is, I
should ask for examples and suggestions so I can fully understand how to improve my device. Moreover, I want to
ensure that if I hear patterns in my peer’s responses on what can be improved, that I put emphasis on it in my notes
as that likely means there's a big need for improvement in that area. Lastly, I want to make sure I show gratitude for
my peers' feedback. They are taking their time to listen to my product then share their insight, so the least I could do
is say a ‘thank you’.
, In your discussion class you read and talked about five key skills of effective teams.
Please categorize your team as weak or strong on each of those five skills and provide a
short justification for your categorization.
*This will stay private, but we encourage you all to talk about it in your team if you feel psychologically safe.*
Psychological Safety: I’d say we haven’t really been in a situation where any of us have felt someone was ignorant, or
incompetent. When my teammates and I communicate it’s with strong positive vibes, and when we work together we
facilitate each other's responses rather than hinder them. So, I’d categorize our team as strong for this skill.
Dependability: If I had a middle point between weak and strong I’d say right there. While we do communicate through
our group chat and have group facetimes to get team questions done, “some” groupmates (to be general) haven’t
been responding or contributing to the work recently. But, I don’t know what’s going on in their lives’ so I’m not one to
judge. But, that’s the reason I put our team as in between strong and weak for this area.
Structure and Clarity: I’d say strong. We meet at the same time every week, we know what to expect of each other
and even state our goals for the end of an assignment before we start it.
Meaning: I think I’d say strong. As we are getting more comfortable with each other, I think we are all starting to see
our own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, while we may not directly state it or make it obvious, there are certain
roles we all are playing when we do our team questions. For instance, Nia is usually the one who creates ideas. I
usually facilitate, and Rospana often adds more detail. That’s not to say we don’t all do these, it’s just this is what we
are most consistently doing.
Impact: I firmly believe the work I do makes a difference. I also believe the work my teammates do makes a
difference. Like I said in the meaning section, we fill each other's weaknesses. Therefore, the contributions we all
make lead to a difference in thinking about our design as well as a difference in the output of our work.
At the end of the sprint, what did you feel was your major contribution to your team’s
understanding? Note, we didn’t say work – we said understanding. How did you aid the
team’s thinking about your project?
So, I’d say my biggest contribution to my team’s thinking was my insight on just how adaptable the clear wound
dressing is. I brought up the fact that it may not suit all patients' wounds (such as but not limited to surgical wounds,
deep wounds, tears, etc.). This facilitated multiple responses of what our design wasn’t adaptable to, giving us clear
leeway to consider this aspect as something we can improve on.
In design sprint #1, we asked you about how you evaluate the credibility and quality of
information. We want you to go back and look at your answer and tell us what has
changed, and what has stayed the same.
Honestly, nothing much has changed. I still check for consistency of information across multiple sources. I also try to
use articles from medical, engineering, or academic organizations, and if not that, I still ensure that the article was
created by professionals with concrete data and reasoning. The only thing that may have changed, though extremely
minor, is the fact I don’t even attempt to use manufacturing websites anymore. Specification details aren’t very useful
as they are extremely general, if that. They don’t tell the bigger picture of the product, and oftentimes, they have a
bias to sell the product, not highlighting its weaknesses.
In design sprint #2, we asked you about the process of giving and receiving during the
feedback exercise in class. Headed into the mid semester design review, please reflect
on and answer the following two questions:
What are key things you want to focus on to give effective feedback?
One thing I want to focus on is being specific and clear. Classmates need concrete responses on how and why to
improve something so that they can truly improve their design and put my words into actions. I also want to give my
feedback in a timely manner. Often, I stay quiet trying to develop a question, but what ends up happening is the
presenter thinks I’m trying to bounce off of someone else’s question or say a question to solely say a question. So, if I
say my feedback in a timely manner it will, hopefully, maintain a sense of impact and clarity. I also want my feedback
to be forward-focused. Essentially, I want to give feasible steps for improvement rather than shout ideas. But, none of
this matters if my tone doesn’t match the situation. Tone means everything. It can make something unsarcastic into
sarcasm, or make peers think a certain way when one means another. So, I want to keep my tone growth-based to
give feedback as effectively as I can.
What are key things you want to focus on to receive effective feedback?
Out of everything, I want to make sure I stay open minded. I want to listen without being defensive. My product isn’t
the best in the world, and so truly listening and even contributing to other perspectives on my device may help
improve my device. I also want to make sure that I’m not afraid to ask questions. This kinda tags along with the first
one as I have to truly listen to what my peers are saying to see if there isn’t anything I understand, and if there is, I
should ask for examples and suggestions so I can fully understand how to improve my device. Moreover, I want to
ensure that if I hear patterns in my peer’s responses on what can be improved, that I put emphasis on it in my notes
as that likely means there's a big need for improvement in that area. Lastly, I want to make sure I show gratitude for
my peers' feedback. They are taking their time to listen to my product then share their insight, so the least I could do
is say a ‘thank you’.
, In your discussion class you read and talked about five key skills of effective teams.
Please categorize your team as weak or strong on each of those five skills and provide a
short justification for your categorization.
*This will stay private, but we encourage you all to talk about it in your team if you feel psychologically safe.*
Psychological Safety: I’d say we haven’t really been in a situation where any of us have felt someone was ignorant, or
incompetent. When my teammates and I communicate it’s with strong positive vibes, and when we work together we
facilitate each other's responses rather than hinder them. So, I’d categorize our team as strong for this skill.
Dependability: If I had a middle point between weak and strong I’d say right there. While we do communicate through
our group chat and have group facetimes to get team questions done, “some” groupmates (to be general) haven’t
been responding or contributing to the work recently. But, I don’t know what’s going on in their lives’ so I’m not one to
judge. But, that’s the reason I put our team as in between strong and weak for this area.
Structure and Clarity: I’d say strong. We meet at the same time every week, we know what to expect of each other
and even state our goals for the end of an assignment before we start it.
Meaning: I think I’d say strong. As we are getting more comfortable with each other, I think we are all starting to see
our own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, while we may not directly state it or make it obvious, there are certain
roles we all are playing when we do our team questions. For instance, Nia is usually the one who creates ideas. I
usually facilitate, and Rospana often adds more detail. That’s not to say we don’t all do these, it’s just this is what we
are most consistently doing.
Impact: I firmly believe the work I do makes a difference. I also believe the work my teammates do makes a
difference. Like I said in the meaning section, we fill each other's weaknesses. Therefore, the contributions we all
make lead to a difference in thinking about our design as well as a difference in the output of our work.
