November 9, 2019

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Introduction to design thinking

Introduction to design thinking

Maria Seaver offers an introduction to design thinking, a process that balances user needs, business objectives, and technology constraints. Maria outlines design thinking's five key areasempathy building, problem framing, ideation, prototyping, and validationand explains how they help teams learn about users, discover opportunities, solve problems, meet needs, and test their assumptions.
Talk Title Introduction to design thinking
Speakers Maria Seaver (Springbox)
Conference O’Reilly Open Source Convention
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Location Austin, Texas
Date May 16-19, 2016
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Maria Seaver offers an introduction to design thinking, a process that balances user needs, business objectives, and technology constraints. Using examples and in-class activities, Maria outlines design thinking’s five key areas—empathy building, problem framing, ideation, prototyping, and validation—and explains how they help teams learn about users, discover opportunities, solve problems, meet needs, and test their assumptions.

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