CONTEXTUAL METHODS OF RESEARCH
Trash segregation system, management, and awareness in Savannah, Georgia.
Group Project: Team of two (including me).
Project Duration: March - May 2017
My Role: User Research (Qualitative & Quantitative), Project Management, Data Visualization, Insight generation, Research simulation tool development.
OVERVIEW
We started out with:
A rather broad topic of understanding Trash segregation and its importance.
Going forward:
So our first step was to look at some of the best practices in the management of our trash and asking questions like why is it important to do so, how is it done, who can help me with it, how can I learn, what else can be done.
CHALLENGE
How might we utilize the knowledge of environmentalists to advocate and guide "re-purposing" post consumption?
SOLUTION/ PROTOTYPE OFFERING
The goal of the project was to understand context using research methods/tools in order to establish a problem statement.
PROCESS
Our area of focus was mainly in the first part of the double diamond (Discover & Define stages). We did a lot of diverging & converging within those areas utilizing a lot of methods to arrive at Define stage.
This was our War Roll that we were working on throughout the project.
P.S: That roll seemed endless, it was huge!)
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Tools Used:
Era's map
SWOT Analysis
Eraf's mapping (systems understanding)
User journey mapping
Interviews
Expert interviews
Image sorting
Experience simulation
Field visits
Opportunity mapping
& 28+ tools
used to approach, record and make sense of the data that was being collected.
Bold text are the tools that helped us to arrive at end prototype
Observations of trash management throughout the city, here I share a few glimpses of the snapshots from it.
Observations of trash management throughout the city, here I share a few glimpses of the snapshots from it.
Observations of trash management throughout the city, here I share a few glimpses of the snapshots from it.
Observations of trash management throughout the city, here I share a few glimpses of the snapshots from it.
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Primary research
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Image Sorting
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Opportunity Mapping, Insight Sorting,
 Opportunity Statement |  Opportunity Mapping |  Insight Sorting |
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LEARNINGS
- Our team was the smallest as compared to rest of the class and we had a challenge to produce the same quality of work as other teams, so that was a little pressuring as we had to match up and do the missing person's amount of work as well, it taught me to deal with deadlines, dealing with work in a pressured environment and to prioritize quality of work over anything we did.