Group Task on Redesign Activity

Pointers for submission of the Redesign Activity. The group submission maybe no
longer than 3 sides.
2. What was the process of choosing the project?
Initially everyone was just coming up with ideas and projects they can think of, but as
the discussion progressed there was a particular method emerging that everyone was
following. The emerging method was of two step. In first step, everyone just pitched
the areas or avenues from which a project could be chosen. Few of the avenues that
came up were, academics, clubs, placements, payments, food-joints and eateries,
accessibility and commute, library, Intranet and College Information systems, etc. In
second step, after making an exhaustive list of areas and avenues everyone could
think of, members started to identifying the process under each areas. For example,
under college information systems, members came up with options such as having
an integrated system for announcement, distribution and submission, integrating
library page with moodle, having an online forum (similar to dbab), etc.
We also had a team member in our group who had a fractured ankle, who shared her
experience and problems faced due to non availability of proper resources and
infrastructure. Because of this we also had an project idea of non
After we had a list of process under each area we moved on to eliminate the process.
We carried out elimination process based on criteria whether the process was different
and not common. After having a shortlist of few project ideas, evaluated each option
based of following criteria:

Cost involved in making the changes

Feasibility of the process change
Time required to make the changes
Importance of the change to the people involved

3. Did the process you choose impact the outcome?

Yes, the process streamlined the much of the discussion carried out and we had a
structured discussion. The process also allowed to have out-of-box and creative ideas
by having a large breadth of areas and ideas. Since the elimination criteria we used
was that the project selected should be different and uncommon, this motivated people
to have out-of-box and uncommon project ideas. While carrying out the process itself
we had thought of the criteria and pros and cons of the project idea, we were able to
carry on an engaging discussion and come up with optimum recommendations. The

process followed helped all members to be on the same page and have a meaningful
and productive discussion.