Applied Design Thinking detailed syllabus for Geoinformatics Engineering (Geo) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Geo 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 Geoinformatics Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Geo 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Geo Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of applied design thinking is as follows.
Course Objectives:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

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
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

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:
Download the iStudy App for all syllabus and other updates.

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 Geoinformatics Engineering 7th Sem, visit Geo 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Geoinformatics Engineering results, visit Anna University Geo all semester results direct link.