Week 6 - Validation: The Truth to be Told

"Argonauts, we are nearing the truth"

The group has come a long way, it is almost as if it was about to end, but as everyone knows, research does not stop here.

From the previous week, the group focused on Interview Planning and Hypothesis Testing. In addition, several interviews were conducted during the process. During the interview, the group carefully took notes and listened to the answers from the interviewees, which were their pains and experiences. Now, the validation phase. It is when the hypothesis is tested to check its validity and see if it fits with the group's agenda in addressing the main problem.

THE AWAITED ANSWER

During this phase, the group gathered all the data from our data subjects, including the interview conducted on a professional, a guidance counselor of the school. The data is then analyzed to see what are the common answers, the patterns that exist potentially in between two or more data subjects. This is where the huge discovery was uncovered. Like what was mentioned from the previous blog Week #5, there were more than the group needs to know, and that was at this point of validation that such problem not only exist in a certain aspect, but also in another logical pattern. This led the group to expand their knowledge and be more attentive as possible as to the solution being proposed.

THE IMPORTANCE OF VALIDATION

Validation is a critical aspect of Technopreneurship. The group realized this even more during the analysis stage, where a decision was made as to how we will pave the way to create a better solution for our potential customers. This way, the group could think outside the box, find a practical solution, and focus on the objective. Without the validity of the data the group has gathered, the solution will cease to exist and be rendered ineffective, a loss.