[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” el_class=”toprow” css=”.vc_custom_1585298365124{background-image: url(https://dataloy-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/book-a-demo-bg.jpg?id=797) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”160px”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Dataloy Design Sprint” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sprinting Towards a Solution” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1566327543847{padding-left: 80px !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]We at Dataloy are excited to build products that solve real maritime problems to make shipping more efficient. Today, we are launching a new design sprint with Aker BioMarine. The objective of this design sprint is to define their requirements, generate solution ideas and create a prototype for a specific aspect. This should define the requirements for an implementation project with them for Dataloy VMS and Fleet Allocation and Scheduling (FAS).
The 4-day workshop uses Design Thinking to reduce the risks inherent in successfully bringing products to market. Each day/phase of the sprint corresponds to another stage of solving the problem identified in the sprint. The five phases will help us understand Aker BioMarine´s business ideas and needs. The Design Thinking methodology has proved to be useful in finding the right solutions, building new features, and achieving goals. Explore different perspectives and identify viable solutions.
The sprint is facilitated by Hans Comtet, a former employee at Dataloy Systems, UX and Service Designer.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”4px”][vc_single_image image=”2677″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]
Design Sprint Phases
Phase 1: Understand
Understand the problem trough expert interviews.
Phase 2: Diverge
Generate and explore as many ideas as possible.
Phase 3: Decide
Identify the best ideas and decide which of them should be prototyped.
Phase 4: Prototype
Build a prototype to test if the direction is good
Phase 5: Validate
This phase is the “moment of truth” – when you test the ideas with users, business stakeholders, and technical experts and hear direct feedback from them.
Benefits of the Design Sprint
As per Hans,- ” Spending four days collaborative in a design sprint will produce ideas to be tested and validated and thereby provide valuable directions for further development.”
He further adds on the benefits of design sprints, “Design sprints offer a brilliant framework to reduce the amount of resource investments for the exploration of concepts, team alignment around a product concept, and concept validation from a customer perspective. Spending only a short amount of days together will not cover everything. It may generate more questions than you initially started with. However, it validates direction and drives progress forward.”
To conclude, I may be presumptuous, but design sprints may just mark a paradigm shift compared to the standard way of doing gap analysis for a better understanding of the customer needs before implementation.
Now it is time to start the Sprint. Stay tuned for the next post in this sprint series as we will update you on LinkedIn.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2366″ img_size=”130×130″ el_class=”blog-author”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Anumita Bhargava
Marketing & Communication Consultant[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Subscribe to the Blog!” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text][wpforms id=”2695″][/vc_column_text][vc_wp_posts number=”5″][vc_posts][vc_posts][vc_entranceboxbig icon=”153″ title=”Fleet Allocation and Scheduling” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fdataloy-fas%2F|title:Dataloy%20FAS||” titlecolor=”#0a0a0a” backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” icontitle=”fl”]FAS is a tool for fleet deployment, scheduling and planning. This product gives you a complete overview and control over your fleet.[/vc_entranceboxbig][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Dataloy Product Suite” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxbig icon=”158″ title=”Dataloy VMS” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fvoyage-management-system%2F|title:Dataloy%20VMS||” titlecolor=”#ffffff” textareacolor=”#ffffff” gradientcolor1=”#014e69″ gradientcolor2=”#252c35″ icontitle=”vms”]Dataloy VMS is an advanced and comprehensive software system for voyage management at all its stages, from planning to post fixture.[/vc_entranceboxbig][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxbig icon=”153″ title=”Fleet Allocation and Scheduling” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fdataloy-fas%2F|title:Dataloy%20FAS||” titlecolor=”#0a0a0a” backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” icontitle=”fl”]FAS is a tool for fleet deployment, scheduling and planning. This product gives you a complete overview and control over your fleet.[/vc_entranceboxbig][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxsmall icon=”151″ title=”Business Intelligence” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fbusiness-intelligence%2F|title:Business%20Intelligence||” titlecolor=”#0a0a0a” backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” icontitle=”ves”]Dataloy Business Intelligence is our affordable, web-scale business intelligence tool for all your reporting needs, enabling you to make optimal business decisions.[/vc_entranceboxsmall][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxsmall icon=”1443″ title=”Dataloy API” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fapi%2F|title:Api||” titlecolor=”#252c35″ textareacolor=”#252c35″ backgroundcolor=”#ffffff” icontitle=”ves”]The Dataloy API allows for retrieval, updating and entry of data in the VMS. The API is based on REST principles; it is easy to write and simple to use.[/vc_entranceboxsmall][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxsmall icon=”174″ title=”Consulting & Implementation” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fmigration%2F|title:Migration||” minimumheight=”260px” titlecolor=”#ffffff” textareacolor=”#ffffff” gradientcolor1=”#4e74a0″ gradientcolor2=”#00426f” icontitle=”ves”]The migration prossess is easy with Dataloy VMS, and we will help you trough the whole process.[/vc_entranceboxsmall][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_entranceboxsmall icon=”173″ title=”Dataloy Cloud” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fdataloy-systems.com%2Fdataloy-hosting-service%2F|title:Dataloy%20Hosting%20Service||” minimumheight=”260px” titlecolor=”#ffffff” textareacolor=”#ffffff” gradientcolor1=”#4e74a0″ gradientcolor2=”#00426f” icontitle=”ves”]Our cloud solution options means IT managers don’t have to think about application and database servers, licences and complex cost structures in order to serve their users.[/vc_entranceboxsmall][/vc_column][/vc_row]