Applied Design Thinking detailed syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ECE 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 Electronics & Communication Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ECE 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to ECE 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 9 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
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Unit III
APPLIED DESIGN THINKING TOOLS 9 Concept of Minimum Usable Prototype [MUP] – MUP challenge brief – Designing & Crafting the value proposition – Designing and Testing Value Proposition; Design a compelling value proposition; Process, tools and techniques of Value Proposition Design
Unit IV
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Unit V
SYSTEM THINKING 9 System Thinking, Understanding Systems, Examples and Understandings, Complex Systems
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Steve Blank, (2013), The four steps to epiphany: Successful strategies for products that win, Wiley.
- Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith, Trish Papadakos, (2014), Value
- Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want, Wiley
- Donella H. Meadows, (2015), Thinking in Systems -A Primer, Sustainability Institute.
- Tim Brown,(2012) Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, Harper Business.
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://bloa.foraeforward.in/evaluatina-Droduct-innovations-e8178e58b86e
- https://bloa.foraeforward.in/user-auide-for-Droduct-innovation-rubric-857181b253dd
- https://bloa.foraeforward.in/startuD-failure-is-like-true-lie-7812cdfe9b85
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