Professional Foundations | Week 6 Milestone Worksheet

Week 6 Milestone Worksheet

SECTION A: Before Your Team Meeting

Step 1: Restate your team’s problem statement

Please write your team’s agreed-upon problem statement from Week 5 here:

Step 1: My Team’s Problem Statement

Our team has agreed that the escalating issue of climate change, with a
particular focus on plastic pollution, poses a significant challenge in Africa,
a continent heavily affected by environmental degradation. This problem is
especially critical for the population of coastal and urban communities in
Africa, where plastic waste accumulation contributes to ecosystem
damage, health hazards, and economic losses. As a technology-driven
initiative, our team is committed to developing innovative solutions, such as
advanced recycling systems and pollution-tracking technologies, to
address this addressable issue, aiming to mitigate the environmental and
social impacts on these affected populations.

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Step 2: Bad Idea Brainstorm

BEFORE you meet with your team, conduct a Bad Idea Brainstorm with
yourself. List at least 10 bad ideas for how you might solve your problem. You
can get completely ridiculous.

For example: Sharks with laser beams in their heads who burn up
microplastics in the ocean, bees that telepathically communicate in order to
tutor children who don’t have access to quality education, etc.

The dumber the idea, the better! The purpose of this is to get your mind open
to generating ideas without fear of them being wrong, dumb, or bad. (Stay in
divergent thinking.) Need help? You can get inspiration from:
http://labs.jackpine.co/projects/FirstBadIdea/

Step 2: Individual Bad Ideas

1. Recycling of plastics into Pallets, Paint, Bricks and Tiles

2. Selling of Collected plastics to recycling companies

3. Establishment of large bins embedded with IoT and sensors at collection points

4. Payment of school fees with plastic waste

5. Use satellite imaging and drone technology to map plastic hotspots

6. Ban of plastics

7. Enforcement of recycling by the Government

8. Education and awareness creation

9. Production and adoption of eco-friendly packages

10. An app for booking for the disposal of plastic waste and the purchase of

recycled plastic products

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Step 3: Possible ideas

Next, list at least 5 “possible ideas” to address your problem. These do NOT
have to be good ideas. The only constraint is that they should be at least
theoretically possible. They should involve some sort of technology (either a
piece of software like an app or algorithm or a physical device such as a
robotic fish or machine that scans your DNA). You’re still in Divergent thinking
here, so don’t judge your ideas as good or bad.

Step 3: Individual Possible Ideas

1. Recycling of plastics into Pallets, Paint, Bricks, and Tiles

2. Use satellite imaging and drone technology to map plastic hotspots

3. Establishment of large bins embedded with IoT and sensors at collection points

4. Selling of Collected plastics to recycling companies

5. Payment of school fees with plastic waste

6.An app for booking for the disposal of plastic waste and the purchase of recycled

plastic products

7. Production and adoption of eco-friendly packages

!!! PLEASE BRING THE ABOVE WORK WITH YOU TO YOUR TEAM MEETING.

Please go back to Savanna and continue with your learning

content. You will be prompted on when to return to complete
Section B.

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SECTION B: Team Meeting Output

Step 4: Meeting Date, Time, & Location

Please list when and where your team meeting took place.

Step 4: Meeting Date, Time, & Location

A.​ Date: 07 August 2025

B.​ Time: 20:00-21:00

C.​ Location: Google Meet

Step 5: Meeting Attendees

Please list who attended your team meeting, and their primary role.

Step 5: Meeting Attendees

1.​ Muhammed - Data Analyst- None

2.​ Paul Ackon - UI/UX designer- Product Manager

3.​ Barbara - UI/UX Researcher- Project Manager

4.​ Dorcas - Data Analyst- None

5.​ Amaris - UI/UX Designer

6.​ Gabriel- Project Manager - Product manager

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Step 6: Bad Idea Brainstorm (Team)

Everyone should share several of their previously bad ideas from Step 2
above. Then as a team, you must generate at least 10 more new bad ideas.

Remember, the dumber the idea, the better! This is to help you work as a
team to be non-critical. Stay in divergent thinking. It helps to say “thank you”
after every idea is shared.

Step 6: Bad Ideas (Team)

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Step 7: Possible ideas (Team)

Next, everyone should share at least 2 of their possible ideas from Step 3
above. Your team then needs to come up with at least 5 new “possible ideas”
to address your problem. The only constraint is that they should involve some
sort of technology (either a piece of software like an app or algorithm, or a
physical device such as a robotic fish or machine that scans your DNA.

You’re still in Divergent thinking here, so don’t judge any ideas as good or bad.
Again, it helps to say “thank you” after every idea is shared.

Step 7: Possible Ideas (Team)

1. Conversion of plastics into building materials.

2. Mobile app that tracks waste hotspots.

3. AI-Powered IOT systems to sort out plastic waste in bins.

4. Drone/Sensors to map waste in urban waterways.

5. Online plastic pollution awareness movement.

6. Converting plastic into fuel.

7.Developing an app for plastic disposal booking and buying of recycled

plastics.(All in one app).

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Step 8: Narrowed Ideas

Your next task is to narrow your choices, which will put you in a convergent
thinking mindset. You should discuss and debate this and try to reach a
consensus on 3 ideas for a solution (or partial solution) to your problem that
your team will consider working on for the rest of Month 2. These ideas can be
totally new, the same, or variations from ideas you’ve already come up with.

Remember that they should involve some sort of technology (either a piece
of software like an app or algorithm, or a physical device such as a robotic
fish or machine that scans your DNA).

You will not have to build the solution out. But you will have to create some
type of basic prototype (if it is a device) or a set of wireframes (if it is an
app/software). You will not have to actually create the technology or code.

Step 8: Top 3 Ideas (Team)

1. Online plastic pollution awareness movement.

2. Developing an app for plastic disposal booking and buying of recycled plastics.

(All in one app).

3. Conversion of plastics into building materials.

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Step 9: Selected Solution

Lastly, your team must agree on one idea for a solution (or partial solution)
that you will work on for the rest of Month 2.

Remember, the solution should involve some sort of technology and be

possible to create—but feel free to make it very ambitious! You will have to
create some type of basic prototype (if it is a device) or a set of wireframes (if
it is an app/software). You will not have to actually create the technology.

You must find a fair way to reach a consensus with your group, including a
discussion in which everyone’s voice can be heard.

Step 9: Team’s Final Selected Solution Idea

Conversion of plastics into building materials.

Step 10: Action Items

In your meeting for Week 7, you will need to share work on a prototype or
wireframes. Please list out here what specific people will do to contribute to
this before the next meeting.

Step 10: Action Items

PERSON / COMMITTED ACTION:

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1. Muhammed

2. Paul Ackon - UI/UX designer- Product Manager

3. Barbara - UI/UX Researcher- Project Manager

4. Dorcas - Data Analyst- None

5. Amaris - UI/UX Designer

6. Gabriel- Project Manager - Product manager

SECTION C: Reflections
Step 11: Team Roles

Relist your team members’ names and their primary roles.

Step 11: All team members & their roles

7.​ Muhammed - Data Analyst- None

8.​ Paul Ackon - UI/UX designer- Product Manager

9.​ Barbara - UI/UX Researcher- Project Manager

10.​ Dorcas - Data Analyst- None

11.​ Amaris - UI/UX Designer

12.​ Gabriel- Project Manager - Product manager

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Step 12: Reflections

Please share your personal reflections on your experience with your team so
far.

Step 12: Team Process Reflection

A.​ What is working well with your team?

Ans: Effective communication and punctuality

B.​ What is one good thing that happened during your team meeting?

Ans: Freedom of expression

C.​ What is one thing your team could do better in the next meeting?

And: Introduction of members

D.​ Are you experiencing any concerns or frustrations with your team? If yes,
what can you personally do to lessen the concern/frustration?

Ans: No

E.​ How would you rate your ability to communicate with your team members
on a scale of 1 to 4? (1=extremely poor and 4=excellent)

Ans: 4

F.​ Overall, how satisfied are you with how well your team is working together?
(On a scale of 1 to 4, with 1=extremely poor and 4=excellent)

Ans: 4

G.​ Is there anything else you’d like to share about your team and their process?

Once you have completed this worksheet:

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1.​ Export/convert to .pdf.

2.​ Rename it per the instructions.
3.​ Upload to Savanna as your Milestone 6 Submission.
4.​ Celebrate a job well done!

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