Hazelwood Initiative Inc
Fall 202 - Spring 2022
We developed a mobile app platform facilitating connections between youth and their peers, allowing them to launch or join community projects by forming partnerships with local organizations and mentors, and witness their personal impact in their community.
Project Lead
Spoorthi Cherivirala
Team Members
Chelsea Tang, Avani Guduri, Thomas Kang, Allison Zhang, Sharon Xue
Community Partner
YMCA
Context
Working with the national YMCA and national DFA
what does the organization do, who did you work with, who were the stakeholders
any vocab words to clarify
your work in the IDENTIFY step
Overview
A mobile platform that facilitates connections between youth and their peers
^ general description of your solution
main how can we statement
what is general solution
main image
Research
Understanding the current situation at local YMCAs
what research method did you conduct
how did you conduct it
IMMERSE step
Modeling
Synthesizing stakeholder needs based on our research
how did you represent your findings visually (what models did you make)
affinity diagrams, personas, customer journey maps, etc.
key insights
IMMERSE step
Reframe
Coming up with many ideas
how did you narrow down your problem space
why did you decide to focus on this problem
Reframe step
Ideate
Synthesizing stakeholder needs based on our research
show images of how you ideated (many post its, crazy 8s, etc.)
what did you decide to move forward with, why
IDEATE step
Build
Coming soon!
Test
Coming soon!
Next Steps
Building out the application we designed
^ what will your client use your project, how will it be maintained
description of how the project will be maintained
Reflection
Making a connection with your clients
^ key learning
what did you learn from doing this project!