Studybreak

07.09.15

Research & Empathy 
Define/Ideate/Empathy

Over the study break i completed another round of interviews with improved questions and ability to pick up on and follow through on certain topics that came up.  following this i repeated the SLIP exercise with post it notes and used the results to generate POV statements and HMW questions before idea generation. 

Reflection:
Doing a second round of interviews after learning from my first round was a big help for me because i was able to focus my questions more to achieve better answers and discussion. I was also prepared for certain answers and pushed further when they came up. Ultimately i ended up with a far greater range of results and more fleshed out answers. 

The new research made the SLIP and HMW exercises far more valuable to me. i was able to generate 3 POV statements that cover the 3 biggest issues i identified and used those to generate my HMW questions. Both of these really helped me flesh out and identify specific angles of approach and specific ideas and issues related to them.