Fridgepal

Part 1: Drawing key lessons

• Good understanding of the problem statement and the target audience.

• Detailed root cause and needs analysis

• Good understanding of the existing solutions and a possible solution which can help reduce/improve consumer needs

• Deep understanding of user needs for a Food expiry reminder app. Very intuitive visual presentation of the user interface for the app

• Overall a good project with a lot of prospect to be successful if the students to pursue prototyping the solution and making it to mainstream.

Some areas the project can be improved:

• Consumer survey of a bigger audience will help the students get more insights on the needs of the consumers.

• Prototyping and getting feedback from different profiles of the app consumers/target audience will help provide a better acceptability and usage of the app

Part 2: Exploring Possibilities

• Consumer inputs and feedback on their challenges and needs is a crucial first step in developing any product or solution

• Design Thinking methodology provides some great steps in the development of any product or solution. Try to Google this methodology.

• Prototyping is a very important step in a product development. It helps to improve the solution before getting into production and thus helping to improve the final production outcomes.

Some related areas students could explore:

• Food wastage is a critical problem which the world is facing today. But, many of the existing solutions are logistically challenging and expensive.

• Students who want to continue research in this area should streamline their effort to look into a small area of the challenge and focus their project at their school and then expand it to the community/constituency to scale their project objectives.

• Education should also be a key focus in their tactics to curb food wastage. This should be explored with both food vendors, consumers and food manufacturing industries.