Assignment 28: Reflecting - Steffen

Where have I succeeded in the Project?

During this Project I succeeded to fulfil my role as a specialist and implementer by researching important information, that was needed to create the developed concepts. Focussing on the e-scooter sharing system I could help the team and calculate or estimate the costs and CO₂ emissions. During the brainstorm sessions I tried my best to search for new ideas and combine others. Ten of the most potential ideas were then presented by Lennart and me to the client.

What kind of challenges I have encountered?

Studying to be an engineer, I am not used to think creative and come up with totally new ideas but to implement ideas. The field of transportation was also new for me.

What kind of challenges have you encountered as a group?

The biggest challenge for the whole team was the time. Three weeks was not enough to conduct extensive calculations on the CO₂ emissions and some of the contacted companies didn’t answer in this time to our questions or offer requests. Furthermore, we got some useful research papers and the traffic data quite late, so it was difficult to include them in our concepts.

What would I do differently?

Looking back there are only few things, that I or the whole team could have done better. Seeing the sales pitch again for example, I could have spoken louder.

Have I done something extra for the Project?

During two days, I analysed the traffic data, that we got quite late and therefore could not be included into the concepts or research. This was attached as additional attachment and could be seen as additional service, as the raw data can viewed much better now.

What have I learned?

I learned to work in an interdisciplinary context with an international team. Furthermore, it was interesting to research about the traffic topic and the current situation in Alcoy. This information had to spread in the team and the reports. Doing this, my level of English also improved a lot.

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