Useful methods: We implemented a team contract every 3 months (2 total) throughout the project to define roles, expectations, and solidify deliverable timelines.

Challenges: We gained critique on how our initial design solution overlooked how student’s struggle in maintaining charge could be due to poor device charge management. A crucial mistake in developing a solution based on the assumption that student’s lack of battery life was due to the physical technology rather than their overconsumption of device use. Reevaluating on our original rentable portable battery solution and taking constructive feedback from peers, reviewers, and potentially stakeholders is an essential part of the design process.

Reflection: This was my first end-to-end design project from ideation, research to design. The biggest takeaway was how valuable user feedback and design critique is to iteration between low to high fidelity. As a designer, I learned how my decisions directly effect user experiences which is why every design choice must be purposeful.