Design Thinking 101
Design Thinking:
v It is a process as well as an ideology which concerns solving in a
user-centric way.
v It develops effective solutions with a human-centric approach based on
the needs of the people.
v These are based on processes used by designers and has evolved from;
architecture, business, and engineering.
v It is a holistic product design approach in which every product's
motive is an opportunity to benefit and delight the users.
v It is cross-functional in nature.
v It is
an empathetic and interdisciplinary understanding of the user’s needs.
v It is
aligned with business process management, Agile software development, and
customer relationship management
Human-Centered Design:
v Satisfaction of the user is their main goal.
v It supports successful product development and innovation in an
organization.
v It translates the product requirements to product features.
5 Stages of Design Thinking:
v Empathize: This stage tries to understand the needs, desires, and
objectives of the user by gathering the user’s insights.
v Define: Here all the challenges are identified.
v Ideate: This stage helps in finding out ways of solving a problem
that is already identified with the help of the product.
v Prototype: This stage turns ideas into reality. It helps in testing
the idea’s fitness.
v Test: The prototype is presented to the customers to find out if the
product is able to solve their problems.
Benefits:
v It
enables a software development company to test the feasibility of future
products.
v There
is little to no difference between the final version and the approved concept.
v Clear
and transparent in nature. The vision of the designers is broadened.
v There is space for continuous improvement and software development process.
Real- World stories:
v PepsiCo: Use of Design Thinking made the company’s sales grow 80%
v Airbnb:
The use of Design Thinking had increased its revenue by 100%.
v Mint.com: Design Thinking has brought in a huge number of customers.
They had 1.5 million customers within a span of 2 years.
This article has been taken from GAVS
Technologies that provide the Digital Service Desk AI Software in the USA.
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