Week

T

Date

Topics

1

1

13/2

Course overview: modern design approaches, course strategy
Project overview: example projects, project goals, project evaluation

2

16/2

Reflection in action: exploration cycle, frames, anomalies, knowledge moments, reflection-in-action, reflection-on-action

2

1

20/2

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2

23/2

Problem framing: problem-solution cycle, conflict-consensus cycle, problem frameworks, building a problem framework

3

1

27/2

Needfinding 1: primary and secondary sources, contact with sources, ethical issues

2

2/3

Needfinding 2: data collection techniques

4

1

6/3

Needfinding 3: process

2

9/3

Needfinding 4: data analysis

5

1

13/3

Empathizing 1: empathy maps

2

16/3

Empathizing 2: affinity maps

6

1

20/3

Evaluation 1: ext ante and ex post evaluation, naturalistic and artificial evaluation

2

23/3

Evaluation 2: evaluation methods, peer reviews

7

1

27/3

Solution framing: reframing, solution framework

2

30/3

Design competency: knowledge, skills, dispositions

8

1

3/4

Prototyping 1: why, when

2

6/4

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9

1

10/4

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2

13/4

Prototyping 2: how

10

1

17/4

Design science: design framework, design cycles, rigor and relevance, projectability

2

20/4

Wicked problems: sensemaking, cynefin framework, opportunity space

11

1

24/4

Design artifacts: technical artifacts, sociotechnical artifacts, boundary artifacts 

2

27/4

DesignOps: Agile, DevOps, BizDevOps, DesignOps, DesignOps pipeline, practices, tools

12

1

1/5

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2

4/5

Design processes: google design sprints, innovation sprints

13

1

8/5

Storytelling: storytelling theory, anatomy of a story

2

11/5

Storyboarding: visual narrative

14

1

15/5

Design projects: decisions, information, choice, innovation, cost

2

18/5

15

1

22/5

Slot allocated for demos

2

25/5

Slot allocated for demos