Design thinking (5cr)
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General information
- Timing
- 01.01.2017 - 31.07.2017
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Face-to-face
- Unit
- School of Business
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Business Information Systems
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Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
Aim of the course is to learn to adapt current applied methods of Design Thinking to problem solving in students own field. Students learn to co-create new user-centric solutions in real business context and challenge traditional project working and thinking patterns.
Content
Design Thinking methods from all five main areas: Emphasize, define, ideate, prototype and test are analyzed, applied and used in a real life problem solving context.
Materials
Design Thinking Method materialsCase material provided by the co-creation project customerBooks:Martin, Roger: The Design of business,Harvard Business press, 2009 Lockwood, Thomas: Design Thinking: integrating innovation, customer experience and brand value
Completion alternatives
Design Thinking method demonstrationsProject dependent design thinking method application resultsBook analysisSelf-reflection essay
Student workload
Total 135, consisting of - 45 hrs co-creation & other in-class activities - 90 hrs individual, pair and group activities
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
50% active, creative and reflecting participation, evaluation of own competence
50% demonstrated skill to recognize and develop individual capability to creatively resolve problems and create new solutions. Processing and reporting key co-creation project
Qualifications
Project experience, group working skills, understanding of your own professional field, ability to reflect and analyse one's own learning and skills