Fostering IT Innovation and Design Thinking
Overview
This Innovation and Design Thinking training course teaches students concepts, methodologies, and tools needed to conceptualize and design innovative solutions.
Objective
- The design thinking process to create innovative business solutions and facilitate new business opportunities
- Various brainstorming tools and techniques
- Various decision-making tools and techniques
Outline
- • What Is Innovation?
- • Drivers of Innovation
- • Goals of Innovation
- • Innovation Pipeline
- • Project Management Vs. Research and Development
- • Divergent and Convergent Thinking
- • Lateral Thinking vs Programmed Thinking
- • The Inspiration Paradox
- • Types of Innovation
- • Business Uses of Innovation
- • Look and Learn
- • On the road
- • In the office
- • Engagement
- • Cultivation
- • Inspiration
- • Validation
- • Approval
- • Implementation
- • Empathize
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- • Ideate
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- • Prototype Selection
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- • Prototype Testing Loop
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Training Materials
All attendees receive comprehensive courseware covering all topics in the course.
Software Requirements
For in-person deliveries, attendees do not need computers for this course. We will provide full classroom setup instructions that will include seating in small groups, with supplies such as flipcharts, sticky notes, markers, and pens for the attendees and a projector and Internet connection for the instructor's laptop.
Online deliveries for this interactive training will use an online meeting platform (such as Zoom, WebEx, GoTo, or Teams) to have face-to-face contact online, including use of breakout rooms for group activities.
Why Online Bootcamps
Develop skills for real career growth
Cutting-edge curriculum designed in guidance with industry and academia to develop job-ready skills
Learn by working on real-world problems
Capstone projects involving real world data sets with virtual labs for hands-on learning
Learn from experts active in their field, not out-of-touch trainers
Leading practitioners who bring current best practices and case studies to sessions that fit into your work schedule.
Structured guidance ensuring learning never stops
24x7 Learning support from mentors and a community of like-minded peers to resolve any conceptual doubts