Creating Breakthrough Innovations
Creating Breakthrough Innovations explores how design thinking drives innovation and teaches students to use design thinking methods and tools for analysis and decision-making.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Express what innovation is and how innovation is driven by design thinking
Plan and conduct design research
Synthesize themes, patterns, and insights from qualitative design research data
Plan, structure, and facilitate ideation and concepting sessions
Use design thinking tools to frame, plan and execute a challenge relevant to their work, community or personal
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapGraduate/professional standing. Not open to students with credit forE P D 619.
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Explore innovation and how design thinking is a driver of innovation. Learn to use various design thinking methods and tools for analysis and decision-making.
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Topics
- Innovation and design thinking
- Design research
- Ideation and concepting
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- Plan and conduct design research
- Synthesize themes, patterns, and insights from qualitative design research data
- Plan, structure, and facilitate ideation and concepting sessions
- Use design thinking methods and tools for analysis and decision-making
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