Applied Design Thinking detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSD students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Design 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to CSD Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of applied design thinking is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
DESIGN THINKING PRINCIPLES Exploring Human-centered Design – Understanding the Innovation process, discovering areas of opportunity, Interviewing & empathy-building techniques, Mitigate validation risk with FIR [Forge Innovation rubric] – Case studies
Unit II
ENDUSER-CENTRIC INNOVATION Importance of customer-centric innovation – Problem Validation and Customer Discovery -Understanding problem significance and problem incidence – Customer Validation. Target user, User persona & user stories. Activity: Customer development process – Customer interviews and field visit
Unit III
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Unit IV
CONCEPT GENERATION Solution Exploration, Concepts Generation and MUP design- Conceptualize the solution concept; explore, iterate and learn; build the right prototype; Assess capability, usability and feasibility. Systematic concept generation; evaluation of technology alternatives and the solution concepts
Unit V
SYSTEM THINKING System Thinking, Understanding Systems, Examples and Understandings, Complex Systems
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Define & test various hypotheses to mitigate the inherent risks in product innovations.
- Design the solution concept based on the proposed value by exploring alternate solutions to achieve value-price fit.
- Develop skills in empathizing, critical thinking, analyzing, storytelling & pitching
- Apply system thinking in a real-world scenario
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- https://www.ideou.com/pages/design-thinking#process
- https://blog.forgeforward.in/valuation-risk-versus-validation-risk-in-product-innovations-49f253ca86-24
- https://blog.forgeforward.in/product-innovation-rubric-adf5ebdfd356
- https://blog.forgeforward.in/evaluating-product-innovations-e8178e58b86e
- https://blog.forgeforward.in/user-guide-for-product-innovation-rubric-857181b253dd
- https://blog.forgeforward.in/startup-failure-is-like-true-lie-7812cdfe9b85
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Computer Science & Design 7th Sem, visit CSD 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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