University of Virginia - Design Thinking: Ideas to Action
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Design Thinking: Ideas to Action at Coursera Overview
Duration | 14 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Design Thinking: Ideas to Action at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Design Thinking: Ideas to Action at Coursera Course details
- In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, you will carry on the design thinking process begun in our Insights to Inspiration course, beginning with the eighth step in our 14-Step process, bringing the ideas you developed in our Insights to Inspiration course to action
- We start this course by asking, ?What if?? We?ll use brainstorming in a new and creative way to generate solutions to your challenge, and then learn to take those raw ideas and synthesize them into important concepts
- By asking, ?What wows?? and ?What works?? you will learn to move from ideation to experimentation
- Throughout this journey, you will gather critical skills that will enable you to turn your ideas into action that can have a profound impact on you and your organization
Design Thinking: Ideas to Action at Coursera Curriculum
What If?
Step 8: Brainstorming
Creating a Successful Brainstorming Environment
Creating a Successful Brainstorming Session for Action
Step 9: Develop Concepts
Taking Action and Creating Concepts
Course Overview and Requiremens
Welcome to Week 1
Project Activity - Steps 8 and 9
Week 1 Quiz
What Wows?
Step 10: Create Some Napkin Pitches
What Napkin Pitches Can Help Us Do
IBM: Introduction to a Process of Experimentation
IBM: The Problem and Approach
IBM: What Is? and What If?
IBM: What Wows? and What Works?
Step 11: Surface Key Assumptions
Using Four Tests to Define Key Assumptions
Setting Appropriate Test Strategies
The Importance of Thought Experiments
Characteristics of a Good Hypothesis
Prioritizing Ideas
Using Existing Data to Test Assumptions
Welcome to Week 2
Project Activity - Napkin Pitch
Project Activity - Step 11
Week 2 Quiz
What Wows to What Works
Step 12: Make Prototypes
Guidelines for Making Prototypes
A Continuum of Prototyping
Case Study: Eaton Next Generation Meter
Case Study: Vision Screening Kiosk
Step 13: Get Feedback from Stakeholders
Introduction to the Co-Creation Tool
Examples of Co-Creation Using a Poster
Examples of Co-Creation Using Card Sorts and Sticky Notes
Examples of Co-Creation Using a Storyboard
Welcome to Week 3
Project Activity - Steps 12 and 13
Week 3 Quiz
What Works
Step 14: Run Your Learning Launches
Designing a Successful Learning Launch
Getting Started on Your Learning Launch
In-Market Experiments
Learning Plan Timeline
Thought Experiments
Examples of 2D and 4D In-Market Experiments
Life Reimagined Project: A 4D In-Market Experiment
The Movement in the Design Thinking Journey
Delivering Validated Learning Against Your Key Assumptions
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Welcome to Week 4
Week 4 Quiz
What's Next?
Step 15: What's Next?
Importance/Difficulty Matrix
Measuring Impact
Staying in the Question
Searching for Higher Ground
Helping Us Curate
Removing Barriers and Increasing Speed of Learning
Comfort with Emptiness and Leaving Space
Welcome to Week 5
Project Activity - Step 15
Week 5 Quiz
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