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The Week 6 Milestone Worksheet is designed to guide teams through a problem-solving process, starting with a restatement of their problem statement and brainstorming bad ideas individually and as a team. Teams are then tasked with generating possible ideas involving technology, narrowing down to three ideas, and selecting one final solution to develop further. The worksheet also includes sections for meeting details, action items, team roles, and personal reflections on the team's collaboration and communication.

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Milestone 06

The Week 6 Milestone Worksheet is designed to guide teams through a problem-solving process, starting with a restatement of their problem statement and brainstorming bad ideas individually and as a team. Teams are then tasked with generating possible ideas involving technology, narrowing down to three ideas, and selecting one final solution to develop further. The worksheet also includes sections for meeting details, action items, team roles, and personal reflections on the team's collaboration and communication.

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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

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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

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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

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!!! 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:

B.​ Time:

C.​ Location:

Step 5: Meeting Attendees


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

Step 5: Meeting Attendees

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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)

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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)

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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

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

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SECTION C: Reflections
Step 11: Team Roles

Relist your team members’ names and their primary roles.

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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?

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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Once you have completed this worksheet:

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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