Design Thinking is for you
a conversation
Invited Speakers:
Jeff Patton @jeffpatton
Jonathan Berger @jonathanpberger
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Brought to you by:
Ari Font @quicola
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SATURN, 2015 #DT4U
Outline
• Design Thinking 101
• Me? Yes you!
• Jeff
• Jonathan
• Conversation
• Is Design Thinking for you?
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Design Thinking
“Design is not a product designers produce,
design is a process that designers facilitate”
–Leah Buley
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Design Thinking
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“Designers [...] don't try to search
for a solution until they have
determined the real problem,
and even then, instead of solving
that problem, they stop to consider
a wide range of potential solutions.
Only then will they finally converge
upon their proposal. This process is
called ‘design thinking.’”
—Don Norman
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“Designers [...] don't try to search
for a solution until they have
determined the real problem,
and even then, instead of solving
that problem, they stop to consider
a wide range of potential solutions.
Only then will they finally converge
upon their proposal. This process is
called ‘design thinking.’”
—Don Norman
#DT4U #SATURN15
“Designers [...] don't try to search
for a solution until they have
determined the real problem,
and even then, instead of solving
that problem, they stop to consider
a wide range of potential solutions.
Only then will they finally converge
upon their proposal. This process is
called ‘design thinking.’”
—Don Norman
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The 5 steps in Stanford’s Design Thinking Model
IBM Design Thinking Methods
Explore Evaluate
Understand Prototype
Design Thinking methods help you envision your user experience
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IBM Design :: IBM Confidential :: ©2015 IBM Corporation
Design in the old days…
• Design: a phase
accomplished by specialists
who delivered “the design”
• Design process: black box
• Design process output:
wireframes & mockups
• Designer: disconnected from
development; hero that works
alone and saves the day
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Design today…
• Design: a literacy (like
development) and a team
sport
• Design process: Design
Thinking
• Design process output:
understanding for user needs
& decisions
• Designer: somebody who
facilitates and engages other
disciplines in a participatory
process (Balanced Teams)
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Uniform Dev Team
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Balanced Team
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by Henrik Kniberg
Traditional product development
Incremental delivery of functionality
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by Henrik Kniberg
User-centric product development
Incremental delivery of value to the user
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You
You
=
everybody
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Design Thinking is for
everybody
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• Product Managers
• Developers
• Architects
• Testers
• Designers
• Documentation folks
• Ballet dancers
• Students and teachers
• …
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Jeff
Jeff Patton independent consultant,!
teacher and!
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Agile coach !
@jeffpatton !
dedicated to the holistic design and
development of successful software
products
Dilbert speak for “I help companies build products that
suck less”
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A must read!
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Jeff Patton is not Adam Savage
Jonathan
Jonathan
Berger
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@jonathanpberger
Design, code, pm!
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~30 agile projects since 2008
Interested in agile practice
for design
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The Conversation
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When did you join the conversation?
&
Why is “DT is for everyone”
interesting to you?
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Empathy ≠ Data
Imagine you’re Jane Goodall
do this not this
go where users are
go where users are
have conversations
talk to them about their work
watch them work
don’t let process get in the way
get out of the building,
way out of the building
make friends, because you won’t
want to disappoint your friends
Ateeq has an epiphany
I’ve
always
been
confident
I
can
tell
you
precisely
what
users
do.
But
it’s
not
un9l
today
that
I
realize
that
I
could
never
tell
you
why!
Your best idea is never
your first
a design studio approach involves
the whole team in ideation
Design Studio Recipe: [Link]
sketch ideas independently
sketch ideas independently
everyone shares their results
tell stories, discuss options
find the best ideas,
not the best artist
the best solutions
build on everyone’s ideas
Google Ventures Design Sprint Example:
[Link]
When did you join the conversation?
&
Why is “DT is for everyone”
interesting to you?
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How are agile and DT
similar or different?
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What do people oppose
or resist the most?
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Any advice for
architects?
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Who is it not for?
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What are anti-patterns
(aka smells) from a DT
perspective?
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What technique do you have in
your tool-belt that you’d like to
share and have people try out on
Monday?
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Is DT for you?
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<your Questions go here>
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Thanks!
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@jeffpatton
@jonathanpberger
@quicola