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Design Thinking

Design Thinking

Agile helps teams build a good solution.
Design Thinking helps teams solve the right problem.

Defining Design

more process than tools

Design Thinking

a human-centered process for creative problem solving

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Agile

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a collaborative process for software development

Value

creating things that are valuable for humans

Empathize

start with understanding

• infuse it in your workflow

• meet with UX researchers and designers

• meet with customer support

• meet with actual customers

Ideate

diverge and converge

Ideate

diverge and converge

• go wide with solutions (maybe even non-technical ones)

• involve a wide array of people, not just engineers

Iterate

testing and feedback

• Agile and Design Thinking share experimentation, iteration, and testing
• What are your sources of feedback, and how can you make those more empathic and human-centered?

Thanks!

Resources

Human-centered design

Design Thinking

Books to learn more