Learn the fundamentals of Design Thinking and how to apply Design Thinking techniques in defining software development and AI solutions. Design Thinking is an approach to innovation which identifies problems and generates solution ideas that can be rapidly proven through prototyping.
This book provides a brief history of Design Thinking and an overview of the process. It then drills down into more detail regarding methods and tools used in a Design Thinking workshops leading to useful prototypes. Guidance is provided on:
Learn the fundamentals of Design Thinking and how to apply Design Thinking techniques in defining software development and AI solutions. Design Thinking is an approach to innovation which identifies problems and generates solution ideas that can be rapidly proven through prototyping.
This book provides a brief history of Design Thinking and an overview of the process. It then drills down into more detail regarding methods and tools used in a Design Thinking workshops leading to useful prototypes. Guidance is provided on:
Chapter 1: Design Thinking Overview and History.- Chapter 2: Preparing for a Workshop.- Chapter 3: Problem Definition.- Chapter 4: Solution Definition.- Chapter 5: Prototype Creation.- Chapter 6: Production Development.- Chapter 7: Production Rollout.- Chapter 8. Appendix A: Sources.
Robert Stackowiak works as an independent consultant,
advisor, and author. He is a former data & artificial intelligence
architect and technology business strategist at the Microsoft
Technology Center in Chicago, and previously worked in similar
roles at Oracle and IBM. He has conducted business discovery
workshops, ideation workshops, and technology architecture sessions
with many of North America’s leading-edge companies across a
variety of industries and with government agencies. Bob has also
spoken at numerous industry conferences internationally, served as
a guest instructor at various universities, and is an author of
several books. You can follow him on Twitter @rstackow and read his
articles and posts on LinkedIn.
Tracey Kelly is Envisioning Lead with the Catalyst team
at Microsoft. She has been leading the design thinking training
through North America and Europe to help Microsoft
technology-focused architects and business leadership transition
and transform to customer-centric and business outcome solutions.
Tracey is also on the board of the Women’s Technology Coalition and
a former Women in Technology Director in Dallas. She leads design
workshops and customer strategy sessions and has a long 20-year
history of technology and design leadership at Fortune 500
companies to drive innovation.
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