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Mastering Design Thinking
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MIT University 
Overview

Understand the design thinking process

Duration

3 months

Total fee

2.52 Lakh

Mode of learning

Online

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Course Level

PG Degree

Mastering Design Thinking
 at 
MIT University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Quizzes and Assignments for practice
  • Class materials: articles, cases and Discussions
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Mastering Design Thinking
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MIT University 
Course details

Who should do this course?
  • Product Manager, Marketing Manager, Growth Manager, R&D
  • Manager, and Product Head
  • Senior Designer, UX Designer, Design Engineer, Creative Manager,
  • UX Design Consultant, Art Director
  • C-Suite executives including CEO, COO, Managing Director,
  • Founder, President, Chief Strategy Officer
  • Innovation and Growth Consultants
What are the course deliverables?
  • Identify and assess opportunities through customer needs analysis
  • Create clear product specifications based on customer needs that are desirable, feasible, and viable
  • Generate and evaluate new product and service concepts through applied creativity
  • Implement a proven 4-step method for planning and executing a prototype
  • Design services for enriched customer experiences
  • Create and establish a robust product architecture
  • Evaluate the economics of product development
  • Design products and services with sustainability in mind
  • Plan and manage innovation projects effectively
More about this course
  • Design thinking is a powerful approach to new product development that begins with understanding unmet customer needs
  • It's a human-centered design process that approaches problem-solving with understanding the user needs
  • Design thinking encompasses concept development, applied creativity, prototyping, and experimentation
  • When design thinking approaches are applied to business, the success rate for innovation has been seen to improve substantially
  • Students will learn through a variety of formats including: interactive videos, practice quizzes, presentations, assignments, and discussion forums
  • Students will have access to a Success Adviser who will help them manage their time, and support them with any administrative or technical queries they might have
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Mastering Design Thinking
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MIT University 
Curriculum

MODULE 1

Skills expected of design thinking practitioners

Innovation challenges, Real-Win-Worth framework

Altitude case study – innovation processes,

leadership, and overall culture

MODULE 2

Product development process and concept

development phase in design planning and

analysis

Customer needs and markets

Types of product users

Customer needs analysis

MODULE 3

Translating customer needs into measurable

specifications

Benchmarking needs vs. specifications

Dynamics of product specifications

Quality function deployment (house of quality)

MODULE 4

Problem decomposition techniques and

solution concepts

Brainstorming principles and their efficacy in

creative thinking

System exploration and concept / downselection

MODULE 5

Prototyping and its relevance in the

concept development phase

Types of prototyping

Prototyping strategy

Rapid prototyping and virtual prototyping

Prototyping examples

MODULE 6

Service development process

Service cycle experience map

Product vs. service systems

Service innovation examples

MODULE 7

Types of product architecture:

integral and modular

Examples of integral and modular

architectures

Implications of product architecture on

the design process selection

MODULE 8

Product development economics

Project financial modeling

Calculating Net Present Value (NPV) and its

influence over product decision making

Cash flow analysis

MODULE 9

DFE principles and decision making

How DFE integrates with the product

development process

Product life cycle and environmental

impacts

Herman Miller story

MODULE 10

Systematic innovation process: Altitude case

study

Types of development processes – staged,

spiral, and agile methodologies

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Mastering Design Thinking
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MIT University 
Faculty details

Steven Eppinger
Steven Eppinger is Professor of Management Science and Innovation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management where he holds the General Motors Leaders for Global Operations Chair. Prof. Eppinger teaches interdisciplinary courses at both the master's and executive levels in product design and innovation, engineering project management, and digital product management.
Matthew S. Kressy
Matthew S. Kressy, director and founder of the MIT Integrated Design & Management (IDM) master’s degree track, is an expert in product design and development. As an entrepreneur and founder of Designturn, he has designed, invented, engineered, and manufactured products for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and everything in between

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