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In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Design Thinking for Tech helps you inject techniques and exercises into your projects using the same systematic and creative process that designers have used for years.
Anderson walks you through a simple four-phase Design Thinking model, showing how to loop back, keep learning, and continuously refine your work. Youll start by understanding the essential what, how, when, why, and who of Design Thinking. Next, youll use core Design Thinking techniques to understand the big picture, focus on your most critical problems, think more creatively about them, take the "next best steps" toward problem resolution and value creation, and along the way rapidly iterate for progress.
Design Thinking for Tech: Solving Problems and Realizing Value in 24 Hours marries George’s love of people, high-tech software development, platform-based business solutioning, and Design Thinking. It bridges the real-world intersection of technology and more than 150 Design Thinking techniques and exercises useful in learning, empathizing, and solving difficult problems while providing early and repeatable value along the way.
Every lesson builds on what youve already learned, with exercises crafted to deliver directly relevant experience. Regardless of your role in the world of technology, youll learn how to supercharge success for any tech-related project, business initiative, or digital transformation.
Step-by-step instructions carefully walk you through the most common tasks.
Practical, hands-on examples show you how to apply what you learn.
Quizzes and exercises help you test your knowledge and stretch your skills.
Notes and tips point out shortcuts and solutions.
Preface
PART I: Design Thinking Basics
HOUR 1 Design Thinking Explained
HOUR 2 A Design Thinking Model for Tech
HOUR 3 Design Thinking for Small Audiences
HOUR 4 Resilient and Sustainable Teams
HOUR 5 Visible and Visual Teamwork
PART II: Understanding Broadly
HOUR 6 Understanding the Lay of the Land
HOUR 7 Connecting with the Right People
HOUR 8 Learning and Empathizing
HOUR 9 Identifying the Right Problem
PART III: Thinking Differently
HOUR 10 Introduction to Thinking Differently
HOUR 11 Guardrails for Thinking Creatively
HOUR 12 Exercises for Increasing Creativity
HOUR 13 Exercises for Reducing Uncertainty
HOUR 14 Thinking for Problem Solving
PART IV: Delivering Value
HOUR 15 Cross-Teaming and Communicating for Outcomes
HOUR 16 Prototyping and Solutioning by Doing
HOUR 17 Solutioning Small and Fast
HOUR 18 Delivering Value at Velocity
PART V: Iterating for Progress
HOUR 19 Testing for Validation
HOUR 20 Feedback for Continuous Improvement
HOUR 21 Deploying for Progress
HOUR 22 Operating at Scale
HOUR 23 Making Change Sticky
HOUR 24 Design Thinking for Project Velocity
APPENDIX A Case Study Quiz Answers
APPENDIX B Summary of Design Thinking Techniques and Exercises
APPENDIX C Design Thinking in Action (by the Hour)