Design Thinking is your gateway to mastering a cutting-edge approach that is reshaping industries globally. In today’s fast-paced world, creativity and innovation are paramount, and businesses are increasingly seeking professionals who can think outside the box. This course offers you the opportunity to delve into the principles of design thinking, a methodology celebrated for its ability to drive innovation and solve complex problems. By exploring how industry leaders like Google implement these strategies, you’ll gain insights into streamlining processes and enhancing productivity. Engage with dynamic content that challenges you to think critically and creatively, equipping you with skills highly sought after in the job market. Join us to unleash your potential and lead transformative change in your career.
Design thinking (Inglés)
This course is tailored for professionals and graduates in the design and innovation sectors seeking to enhance or update their skill set. Delve into the foundations of Design Thinking, explore Google's innovative practices, and discover other streamlining tools to enrich your expertise and drive creative problem-solving in your career.
40 hours
Digital Skills
Course objectives
- To understand the core principles of design thinking methodology.
- To explore and analyse Google's approach to design thinking.
- To learn to apply design thinking to solve complex problems.
- To identify and use effective streamlining tools for innovation.
- To develop creative solutions through ideation techniques.
- To enhance user experience by empathising with end-users.
- To improve problem-solving skills using design thinking practices.
What does it prepare you for?
This course prepares you to apply design thinking principles to tackle complex problems creatively. You'll develop skills to empathise with users, define clear problem statements, ideate innovative solutions, and prototype effectively. You'll learn from Google's approach to design thinking and explore other streamlining tools to enhance your problem-solving toolkit. By the end, you'll be equipped to lead projects with a user-centred focus, fostering innovation in your professional environment.
Teaching units
UNIT 1. DESIGN THINKING
Why design thinking arises: empathy and closeness with the customer or user
What is Design Thinking?
Understanding Design Thinking
Overview of the Design Thinking process
Methods for identifying the user's needs
UNIT 2. DESIGN THINKING
Step 1: Empathize with the users
Step 2: Define the problem
Step 3: Ideate
Step 4: Prototyping
Step 5: Test
UNIT 3. DIGGING DEEPER. HOW DOES GOOGLE DO IT?
Detailing the Design Thinking approach
Agile, Lean and Design Thinking for product development
Fulfilling objectives
How does Google do it?
Stages of Google Design Sprint
UNIT 4. OTHER STREAMLINING TOOLS
Analysis of the agile process
Failure modes
Success modes
Risk monitoring
Agile contracts