
RITx: Design Thinking: Ideation, Iteration and Communication
Learn how ideas transform into solutions through iteration and validation along with best practices for communicating your solution to stakeholders.
Course Insight
Suitable for intermediate learners. Works well as a continuation after mastering Business & Management fundamentals. It bridges the gap toward advanced, production-level engineering.
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What You’ll Learn
Designing a successful and innovative solution requires creative ideas and their iteration. As critical phases of the design thinking process, ideation and iteration are often what distinguish design thinking from traditional or linear problem-solving approaches. This course, part of the Design Thinking MicroMasters program, will explain and provide context and instruction on essential ideation techniques such as:
Brainstorming
Mind mapping
Role playing
Storyboarding
Concept sketching
Model making
Strategic idea mapping
After ideation, the solution(s) that best address the original problem are chosen to present. This course will discuss best practices for selecting solutions and common pitfalls to avoid when communicating solutions to a client.
Outcomes
- Discuss visualization techniques.
- Ideation techniques to help arrive at the best solution.
- How to select an appropriate visualization technique to present a solution.
- Best practices for communicating ideas effectively using graphic techniques.
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