In comparison to the other sprints, this sprint is only two weeks long. It’s going to be really short and stressful, right? As long as we keep our heads clear and our gaze free, we think we can manage it 🙂
So for this sprint, our original goal was:
Create a physical prototype displaying Power over Ethernet and expand the prototype of the Generator and Circularity passport.
However, after talking with our coach, we decided that we shouldn’t spend time on a physical prototype as it would not help us with our end goal. So our new goal will be:
Update the prototype based on the Generator & Circularity Passport and create a rough draft of the business model.
After the enthusiastic Monday at MediaLAB framing our Sprint 5 Goal, it was time for us to visit the Hangar 11 & 12 since they also needed a change of lighting system. So we scheduled a meeting on the following day and took off to visit the majestic Blue birds. Oh and of course getting into the specificity of our work there. We must mention we were quite honoured and surprised to see youngsters welcoming us who had the same mindset as us and with all due respect can rightly be called the “Change- makers” in the KLM scene. We were given a run through of the Hangar and the intent behind them involving us in this particular project of renewing the Hangar and making it completely on-going. We were rightly excited and thrilled to work on such a different scenario which was challenging at the same time because our user research had mainly concentrated only on the Data center.
The team at Hangar 11 & 12
However, we promised them we would deliver a rough conceptual framework of what would fit their needs the best. So yay! We have another meeting scheduled the beginning of January. Â Now moving back to MediaLAB.
We had a session with a coach from another team, Marco. He really liked our idea and he gave us a good suggestion to create a package we can present to companies. Our coach also seemed to think our idea could turn into a profitable company.
Having said that, we tried contacting Alliander, Cisco and the Edge building, but unfortunately there was no availability. We, however, got lucky with Chess Wise. Wednesday after the peer pitch, we went to Haarlem and showed them our framework, consisting of the Generator and the Circularity passport.
Explaining the Generator and Circularity passport to Chess WiseÂ
Being the technical expertise, they thought our concept of the Generator was very cool and user-friendly, but far from complete. Also some of our questions were not necessarily leading to the solution. But this was something we were also struggling with. However, they are willing to help us work on it by giving us suggestions and valuable inputs to complete the generator. All in all, this meeting was great to make us think how to tackle our impending problems and gave us a different perspective.
The following morning, we had our fifth sprint review. This time Mijndert Den Hartog and Micheal van Balen were present.
We expanded the application of sensors in the Data center.
The different kind of sensors in the rooms
How the lighting reacts to movement
The Generator and Circularity passport were updated.
Now they share the same screen and they are in KLM brand colours!
Hovering over the questions on the right, highlights the answers on the left
Furthermore, we gave them some proposals how they can apply this framework in the future.
Our plan of action
They seemed to be content with our progress in this time period. However, we need to be more specific in our business case. Mijndert will try to send us a format for the business cases they use at KLM. Our coach also proposed to maybe plan a short session with Chess Wise to work on the generator and a session with Mijndert to work out the plan or the Data centre room by room.
After this short, but whacky ride, it is time for our last and final sprint. Monday we will discuss how we are going to finish this. Although we are nearing the end, it is more challenging and fun than ever! But now, it’s time for lunch!