Design Thinking

What is the Design Thinking process?

The Design Thinking process puts the needs and requirements of the user first. The first stage of the process is dedicated to building empathy with your target users and understanding their needs, expectations, and behaviors.

Next, you’ll focus on developing ideas quickly turned into prototypes and tested on real users. Inherent to the Design Thinking process is the early and frequent testing of your solutions; this way, you can gather feedback and make any necessary changes long before the product is developed.

In a nutshell: The Design Thinking process enables you to find innovative solutions to complex problems driven by the needs of the target user.

What is the goal?

However you choose to implement the Design Thinking process, the goal is the same: to approach complex problems from a human perspective. The Design Thinking process fosters creativity, innovation, and user-centricity, helping you to come up with actionable solutions that are

• Desirable for the user
• Viable for business
• Technologically feasible.

Different Design Thinking Processes

There are MULTIPLE design processes a designer can leverage including:

• Design Thinking
  • https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process#:~:text=Design thinking is an iterative,%2C Ideate%2C Prototype and Test
    • https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/what-is-design-thinking
• Lean UX
  • https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/lean-ux-for-beginners/
• Double Diamond
  • https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/double-diamond-design-process/