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Introduction to Design Thinking<\/a><\/strong> — from experience.sap.com by Gerd Waloszek
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A Design Methodology<\/strong>
\nBasically, Design Thinking is a design methodology. It differs from traditional design approaches in specific ways described below. For example, some authors characterize Design Thinking as more creative and user-centered than traditional design approaches.<\/p>\n

A Problem-Solving Approach or Process<\/strong>
\nDesign Thinking can be regarded as a problem solving method or, by some definitions, a process for the resolution of problems<\/span> (but see below for the differences between methods and process).<\/p>\n

As a solution-based approach to solving problems, Design Thinking is particularly useful for addressing so-called \u201cwicked\u201d problems.<\/span> Wicked means that they are ill-defined or tricky. For ill-defined problems, both the problem and the solution are unknown at the outset of the problem-solving process (as opposed to \u201ctame\u201d or \u201cwell-defined\u201d problems, where the problem is evident and the solution is possible with some technical knowledge.) Even when the general direction of the problem may be clear, considerable time and effort is spent on clarifying the requirements. Thus, in Design Thinking, a large part of the problem-solving activity is comprised of defining and shaping the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

The resulting problem resolution is regarded as creative, fluid, and open, and also as the search for an improved future result (this is in line with Herbert A. Simon\u2019s (1969) definition of design as the \u201ctransformation of existing conditions into preferred ones.\u201d)<\/p>\n

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Design Thinking Comes of Age<\/strong> <\/a>— from the September 2015 Issue of the Harvard Business Review by Jon Kolko<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s a shift under way in large organizations, one that puts design much closer to the center of the enterprise. But the shift isn\u2019t about aesthetics. It\u2019s about applying the principles of design to the way people work.<\/p>\n

This new approach is in large part a response to the increasing complexity of modern technology and modern business. That complexity takes many forms. Sometimes software is at the center of a product and needs to be integrated with hardware (itself a complex task) and made intuitive and simple from the user\u2019s point of view (another difficult challenge). Sometimes the problem being tackled is itself multi-faceted: Think about how much tougher it is to reinvent a health care delivery system than to design a shoe. And sometimes the business environment is so volatile that a company must experiment with multiple paths in order to survive.<\/p>\n

I could list a dozen other types of complexity that businesses grapple with every day. But here\u2019s what they all have in common: People need help making sense of them. Specifically, people need their interactions with technologies and other complex systems to be simple, intuitive, and pleasurable.<\/p>\n

A set of principles collectively known as design thinking<\/em>\u2014empathy with users, a discipline of prototyping, and tolerance for failure chief among them\u2014is the best tool we have for creating those kinds of interactions and developing a responsive, flexible organizational culture.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Focus on users\u2019 experiences, especially their emotional ones.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A5) Maybe not what you mean, but here’s a way I’ve gauged students’ learning through DT #dtk12chat<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TaENoXTNjp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ela (@ElaBenUr) December 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n