(SCTP Module) Innovation by Design
About This Course
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
Select and use different methods to discover needs
Organise needs for further analysis and development
Conduct unbiased, user-related field work as a first step in Design Innovation
Select and use different methods to analyse and represent user needs Interpret needs and reframe/redefine design opportunities
Extract the needs and requirements into conceptual diagrams and models
Select and use different ideation techniques to explore the solution space for a specific design opportunity
Ideate individually or in a group
Co-create with stakeholders
Select and use appropriate techniques to prove concepts
Use prototypes at an appropriate level of fidelity for each stage of development to either learn or implement ideas and concepts
What You'll Learn
Participants will be introduced to the process of identifying and understanding design opportunities and user needs in close collaboration with all stakeholders.
Interpreting and reframing design opportunities and user needs with the objective of mapping those into activities, functions and abstract representations that foster design innovation.
Ideation and conceptualisation based on needs and opportunities.
Prototyping and model-making, to test ideas and concepts with relevant stakeholders.
Entry Requirements
Working adults who are not in the field of Design Innovation and are interested to advance into the field (within their companies or across companies)
Employed persons who have been newly appointed to Design Innovation roles or roles supporting Design Innovation functions, in their companies (E.g. Product Design/Innovation Service Development, Process Design/Innovation, Talent Management/Retention, Early Childhood Care and Education etc)
Roles such as Brand Director/Manager, Customer Loyalty Manager, Store Manager, Research and Development Director, Logistics Solutions and Implementation Director, Logistics Solution Manager, Logistics Innovation and Process Improvement Manager, IT Business Solutions Manager