Team 6 presented on design and innovation consulting firm IDEO. IDEO was founded in 1991 in Palo Alto, California and has since designed products for major companies like Apple, Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Ford and Nike. IDEO uses human-centered design thinking and observational research methods like shadowing and behavioral mapping to develop solutions for clients within tight timeframes, such as redesigning AT&T's mMode service in 17 weeks. Proper research planning is important to make good decisions and avoid wasting time and resources.

1. Presented by Team 6:
Jasmine Dennis
Joyce Sequeira
Joylin Gonzalves
Marina Joseph
Payal Shukla

2.  Design and Innovative Consulting Firm
 HQ: Palo Alto, California, US Founded: 1991
 Founders: David Kelley, Mike Nuttall, Bill Moggridge
 Innovations: First laptop, mouse (for Apple), Palm V PDA,
TiVo video recorder
 Household items - Swiffer Sweeper, Crest Neat
Squeeze Toothpaste (for P&G)
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 Clients – AT&T, Bank of America, Ford Motor Company,
PepsiCo, Nike, Marriott etc.
 Design thinking based on
 Human-centered methodology
 Observational Methods:
 Deep dive: human factors team shadowing people
 Behavioral mapping: photographic log
 Camera Journals: recording visual impressions

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1. Determine data sources
 Primary data
 Secondary data
2. Decide on research approaches
 Observational research
 Focus group research
 Survey research
 Behavioral research
 Experimental research

5. 3. Develop research instruments for primary data collection
 Questionnaires
 Qualitative instruments
 Data collection devices
4. Decide on sampling plan
 Sampling unit
 Sampling size
 Sampling procedure
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 Turned to IDEO to redesign mMode
 Primary data collected
 Scavenger hunt for actual AT&T managers in SF
 Observational Research & Research Instruments
 IDEO team videotaped AT&T team
 Brainstorming sessions and quick prototyping
 Incremental prototyping
 Relaunch of mMode within 17 weeks

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 Approached IDEO to improve customer shopping experience
 Primary data collected from actual customers
 Special type of one-on-one in-depth interview
 Questioning customers to examine actual shopping behavior
 Sampling Plan
 Performed shop-a-long with 8 women from 3 different cities
 Within 18 weeks, they came up with solution to revamp
customer experience with concierges and better facilities

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 Consulted IDEO to lure younger generations
 Data collected through primary sources: customers
 Research through focus groups (interaction with select
customers) and observations
 Data collected using questionnaires and behavior
observations
 Improvement suggestions taken through customers
 Chain owner more than satisfied; plans 25 hotel conversions

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 Research planning plays key role to make decisions
 It takes time, effort and additional costs
 Without proper planning, it would waste
 Time
 Resources
 Capital
 Loss of customers
 Done right, it would elevate your product/service

10. THANK