Alice Drougard - Diploma project 2010/2011

Project managementHow do I work ?

The project cutting

September February, 25October, 27 December, 22

The duration : 6 months

Cutting in 3 phases of 2 months

Phase 1

Researches

Analysis

The problems

Creative axis

Phase 2

Brief

Creativity

Confrontation

Analysis

Phase 3

developement

Mock up

Choice

0 Schedule

Contacts

Blog

Subject

General*

all the general things to do during all the project

*

The Subject : engaged topics

Office furniture

Companionship

Assembly

Define the different researches fields

But how ?With what you want to learn,

which things you need.

Office furniture

Economy

Sociology

Culture

History

ArchitectureEsthetique

Juridique

Technology

The Subject : engaged topics

Companionship

Job

Economy

Historique

Culture

The Subject : engaged topics

Assembly

Historique

Technique

Social

Culture

The Subject : engaged topics

Imersion in the subject

Schedule & Gantt’s diagram

Schedule complete for 2 weeks

Update every week

Tasks to do each day, CheckpointAppoitmentHolidays

move to other cityExpert intervention

Schedule & Gantt’s diagram

Tasks and their progression, links

Update every tow days (to see the percentage of progression)

Tasks to do each weeks,

plane to the end (february)

Contacts

For each contact : make a sheet

Identify the contacts I will need

ExpertsTechnologySociology

Office furniture...

Factory to visit Company to visit, and work with

International company (with 2 or more

different cultures)

Office furniture manufacturerWood factory

The same contact can be useful in other project

NameAdress

What is he doing ?Why can he help me ?When can he help me ?

Blog

http://alicedrougard.wordpress.com/

Keep you contacts updated.

Have comments from other people, see how are their

reaction

Update twice a week

1 Researches

Analysis

Find the problems

Creative axis

Phase 1

September October, 27

Phase 1

Researches Online researches

Keywords

Office furniture

Communication a

t work

Office furniture economy

Workplace space

Assembly of wood

factoryCulture of work

Save all the link in delicious, to keep a trace, and a description of each website. Put the link on my blog

Researches Books Lecture

For each book : make a sheet

...

The same contact can be useful in other project

TitleAutor

AcknowledgmentSynthesis

Researches

On the fields

Active observation Passive observation

But how ?First, prepare

Researches

On the field

Active observation Passive observation

But how ?First, prepare

Researches : field preparation

What do I want to know ?

How can I ask ?

Questionnary

Interviews

PicturesQuestions

Create hypothesis Thanks to :- cliché- What do I think ?- What I have already observe- Comparison with my own culture- What I have read

Researches : go on the field

Questionnary

Interviews

With :

Hypothesis

Camera, booknotes, and the smile

Analysis Analysis to go further

Find new hypothesis Go back on the field

Tools

Post it time (link and cross datas)Everything is write on post it, do some cluster, make link

Categories (regroup the researches, and see what is done)

Interviewee scenarioCan be his schedule, his way of working, his way of communicating...

Mindmapping key words Cross the key words, find new fields

Board (to cross the datas)What it say to meWhat I learn with thatWhat are the new hypothesis

The problems

Cross the analysis

Tools

Board (to cross the datas)What it say to meWhat I learn with thatWhat are the needs

Post it time (link and cross)Everything is write on post it,Find the needs

See what user needs

Find the problems

Analysis

Creative axis

Tools

Use the scenarios (to find a context)

Organise a brainstormingSend e-mail to student or company to organise a meetingPrepare precise rulesPrecise way to do itPrepare also the analysis of this brainstorming

Precise brief

Points which can help you to evaluate your project

Constraints I have

Key points I want to put in the concepts

(values...)

Brief

Create a evaluation railing

Thanks to the brief, and my user

To evaluate my solution

2Brief

Creativity

Confrontation

Analisis

Phase 2

Choice

October, 27 December, 22

Phase 2

Produce ideasCreativity Find my 3 concepts

Tools

Imersion

DrawingBegin by the global shape,See the detailsReturn to the global shape

Experimentation Small mock-up to explore the shape

Post it draw, put on the wall, wait some hours and go back, or ask other people to interact with you

Brainstorming with the user

Send e-mail to organise a meetingPrepare precise rulesPrecise way to do itPrepare also the analysis of this brainstorming

ExpertsResearches

Interviews E-mail Blog

What do I want to know ?

How can I ask ?

Questionnary

Interviews

PicturesQuestions

Confrontation of the ideasConfrontation

User Experts Blog Me

Tools

Meeting, board Write the reaction, Disscuss

ObservationDirect : picture, notesWith the blog : comments

Evaluation railing Ask them to complete the evaluation railing, and me tooSee which things is good or not compare to you first brief

Analysis and evolution

Tools

Crossing boardof the evaluation railing

Post it timeWith all the comments I will have

Analysis Evolution 3 concepts

For eachUsage scenariosMaterialsTechnical partSmall mock-up (if useful)ImagesMy evaluation railing

On the field3 concepts

For eachUsage scenariosMaterialsTechnical partSmall mock-up (if useful)ImagesMy evaluation railing

Choice

Evaluation railingUsersExpertsBlog comments

Results analysis

Cross the differents evaluation and the comments

CHOICE

3 Development

Mock-up

Phase 3

February, 25December, 22

Phase 3

One concept developmentDevelopment

With the user With experts Researches Mock-up

WorkshopEchanges

WorkshopEchanges

PriceManufacturerSponsorship

EndThank you

February, 25

Alice Drougard - Diploma project 2010/2011