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Design Thinking Cycle - Coggle Diagram
Design Thinking Cycle
Ideate
This part is about generating ideas, its like thinking about the many different possibilities.
Why ideate
-It is in order to proceed from identifying problems to creating solutions for the people that will be using the design.
How to ideate
=>Brainstorming
-By coming up with many different ideas within your team.
-It is to not only used throughout a design project, but to come up with many possibilities.
How to ideate
=>Sketch-storming
-After thinking of the ideas, sketching them out and clarifying it with the team makes it more sure of the design that the team will go with.
=>Body-storming
-You physically act out the different situations that some people might go through.
How to ideate
=>Mind mapping
-Placing the main topic or problem in the middle and branch it out to different parts to make things simpler
Some techniques of ideation would be:
-Stepping beyond obvious situations
-Harness the collective perspectives
-Create volume and variety
Empathise
How to empathise
=>Observe
-What are the kind of
people that you want
to observe
-Can they be found on
any social media
platforms
-Where can you meet
up with them in the
real world
-What is your main
goal for observing
them
What is the empathise stage?
-It is the way people do things and why they do it
-It is their physical and emotional needs
-How they think about things
-What they value
How to empathise
=>Interviewing
-Engaging the person as if it is like a normal
conversation
-Always watch your tone whenever interviewing someone
-Also to watch your facial expressions
-Prepare a few questions in advance and ask the person you are interviewing and if they gave vague answers, continue the question by askimg "why".
-Do not rush the interview just let the person take their time.
Why empathise?
Empathy experiences are important as they make us think outside of the box and it also helps you remove any lingering assumptions.
How to empathise
=>Empathy Immersion
-Change you perspective of thinking when talking to a different type of person
Define
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How to define
-It must provide focus and frames
-It informs for evaluation
-It provides a clear common direction so that a team can have their members to think independently
-It inspires the team
Prototype
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How to prototype
-Don't spend too long on the prototype
-Identify a variable
-Build with the user in mind