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Design Thinking & PCD Basics

This introductory course outlines design thinking and people-centered design approaches. It discusses how these approaches differ from traditional engineering and marketing focused methods. The course covers topics like problem discovery, research, concepting, testing and pitching over 4 weeks. It aims to teach simple methods, concepts and tools of design thinking and people-centered design. While the course provides an overview, students must execute their own projects to fully apply the lessons. The course is applicable for students and professionals across industries to benefit their work.

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Design Thinking & PCD Basics

This introductory course outlines design thinking and people-centered design approaches. It discusses how these approaches differ from traditional engineering and marketing focused methods. The course covers topics like problem discovery, research, concepting, testing and pitching over 4 weeks. It aims to teach simple methods, concepts and tools of design thinking and people-centered design. While the course provides an overview, students must execute their own projects to fully apply the lessons. The course is applicable for students and professionals across industries to benefit their work.

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NPTEL Syllabus

NOC:Understanding Design Thinking & People


Centred Design - Video course
COURSE OUTLINE
This is an introductory orientation to help enrollees understand the notions of Design
Thinking and People Centered Design and how a PCD approach is different from
traditional engineering or marketing focused approaches.
Today DT and PCD are being rapidly adopted and have achieved center stage by various
industries. Students from any stream as well as professionals from various industries and
levels of experience can learn these simple methods, concepts and tools. In order to
master the topic however, they must actually execute a project to apply the teachings,
which is not a part of this course.
Since this topic has very wide applicability, students will benefit from applying these in their
projects and work thereafter, regardless of their area of work.
COURSE DETAIL
WeekNo.

NPTEL
http://nptel.ac.in

Humanities
and Social
Sciences
Pre-requisites:

Topics

1.

INTRODUCTION and PROBLEM DISCOVERY


Intro to Design Thinking, People Centered Design & Evoking the right
problem

2.

RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS


People and Context Research and Design Insights and Strategy

3.

CONCEPTING and BUILDING


Conceptualize Designs, Create a Concept, Storyboarding and Rapid
Prototyping

4.

TESTING, REFINING and PITCHING


Usability Testing, Refine and Enhance Design and Define pitch

A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India

Bachelors Degree in
Engineering,
Technology, Business,
Architecture,
Humanities
Coordinators:
Prof. Jhumkee
Iyengar
Design ProgramIIT
Kanpur

http://nptel.ac.in

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