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Research and Define

The first steps to the design process are Defining the problem and Researching it. Problems can come in a variety of forms, such as design briefs from a client, issues …

Next Steps

Now that you’ve completed this 6-week course in Digital Transformation, you should apply it to your work or study situation. Think about how the insights you’ve gained into how digital …

The Process

The Design Thinking process follows five basic steps. This process can be applied to many situations to solve professional, social, industrial or real-life problems. An example of this is provided …

Ideation

Believe it or not, Ideation is a real word! It basically means ‘idea generation to come up with something new, to answer your brief or problem, considering the information discovered …

End of Week

Congratulations on finishing up Week 6 on Agile! Project management can seem a dense, complicated world. Switching a company from a traditional, more linear project management style can really boost …

Reference

Szczepanska, J. (2017, January 04). Design thinking origin story plus some of the people who made it all happen. Retrieved from https://medium.com/@szczpanks/design-thinking-where-it-came-from-and-the-type-of-people-who-made-it-all-happen-dc3a05411e53

Exercise: Time for Reflection

After the idea has been reviewed, some stages may need to be revisited before finally releasing your idea into the wild. These may include further research or ideation refinement. So, …

How to implement agile working

The agile methodology Agile is a methodology therefore, it can be thought of as a set of methods. Let’s take a look at the first approach. Kaban Kanban was originally …

Prototyping Exercise

Ideas are worth nothing without action. Testing Phase Now is the time to bring the most innovative and effective ideas out of our heads and into the testing phase. Prototyping …

How to Prototype

Here are some ways to prototype your product or solution. Role Play your Design This involves acting out a user experience related to how someone might use a product/service or …

Divergent Thinking Exercise

For the next step in the Design Thinking Process exercise, we will use divergent thinking to come up with ideas. First, choose the problem you wish to focus on. How …

How to Generate Ideas

Brainstorming This involves writing everything that comes to mind when thinking about the problem at hand and its potential solutions. Think of it as a brain dump of every possibility. …