Why are leading brands around the world including Apple, Google, Starbucks, Coca Cola, and Target adopting a Design Thinking approach? By thinking like a designer, these companies are transforming the way they develop products, services, processes and strategy.
Design thinking has become a key component of digital transformation success, providing a flexible approach to tackling the complex problems that digital transformation journeys present.
By approaching problem solving through a human centered mindset, design thinking allowing organizations to discover more innovative solutions that focus on the user’s needs.
This webinar discusses:
* Common pitfalls for project failure
* Why the design thinking approach works
* The five stages of Design Thinking
* Best practices for incorporating design thinking into your digital transformation strategy
2. Introductions
Jason UX Lead @RivetLogic
25 Years of Industry Experience
18 Books Published on Digital Design & Media
57 Published Articles
International Speaker & Teacher
Past Clients: Bank of America, AOL, Marriott, IRS,
Capital One, WebMD, Gannett
3. This session
In the next 45 minutes
Why Projects Fail
What is Design Thinking?
What are Design Sprints?
Design Thinking for Digital Transformation
Case Study: IRS
Your Questions
10. 84% of Digital Transformations Fail
…if you can't get the sum of the parts to be greater
than the cost you're going to fail and I think a large
part of that 84 percent that fail it’s because they're
not prepared to change behavior. They think they
can have strategy and technology and it just
doesn't get them there fast enough or in a good
enough way.
—— Michael Gale
“Forbes Magazine”, Why 84% Of Companies Fail At Digital Transformation
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11. SOURCE: Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey 2017, Navigating Uncertainty, Pg. 26
How many companies rate their Digital Transition
as “Very Effective”?
13. Succeed
● Clearly define user Needs
● Clearly define what success looks like
● Clearly define the technologies to be deployed
● Involve the Users in Decision Making
● Make User Testing a Part of the Process, Not an Afterthought
● Design & Develop in Steps
How Digital Transformations
17. What is Design Thinking?
Everyone can—and does—design. We all design
when we plan for something new to happen,
whether that might be a new version of a recipe, a
new arrangement of the living room furniture, or a
new lay tour of a personal web page. So design
thinking is something inherent within human
cognition; it is a key part of what makes us human.
— Nigel Cross
Design Studies at The Open University, UK
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18. Make sure to Validate for the best solution
✓ Clearly define user Needs
✓ Clearly define what success looks
like
✓ Clearly define the technologies to
be deployed
19. Bring a Human Centered Design Philosophy
✓ Involve the Users in Decision
Making
✓ Make User Testing a Part of the
Process, Not an Afterthought
22. Needs & Research
Needs: User & Business Needs
“Who is this for and what are they like?”
Research: People’s Desire
“What do I need to get done?”
Research: Business Viability
“What is the ROI?”
Research: Technical Feasibility
“How can we make it happen?”
Process
I need to write my novel.
23. Deconstruct Research, Tell Stories, Define, Ideate
Research: Tech to be deployed
“What tools can we use?”
Define: Big Ideas & Goals
“What does success look like?”
Tell Stories: Job Stories
“What are the tasks the user will perform?”
Ideate: Journey Maps
“How will the user get there?”
Process
Let’s break down the process.
24. Construct Tell Stories, Prototype, Test, Build
Tell Stories: Storyboards
“What is the path to success?”
Ideate: User Flows
“What are the steps in the path?”
Prototype: Interactive & Visual Design
“How do the steps in the path work and look?”
Test: User Testing
“Are we on the right path?”
Process
Here’s a possible solution.
25. Build & Launch
Build: Development
“Let’s build the path!”
Build: Beta & More Usability Testing
“Are we still on the right path?”
Build: Refinement
“Did we miss anything?”
Launch: Hard Launch
“Let’s Go!”
Process
Best selling novel on the way!
26. Next Steps
Iterate
“How can we build on successful ideas?”
Design Sprints
“How do we add new ideas in an agile fashion?”
Process
This work great, but I also need to…
28. What are Design Sprints?
The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical
business questions through design, prototyping,
and testing ideas with customers. Developed at GV,
it’s a “greatest hits” of business strategy,
innovation, behavior science, design thinking, and
more—packaged into a battle-tested process that
any team can use.
— GV.com/sprint
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31. Kick-off Design Thinking Workshop Define, Ideate, Tell Stories
Define
“Who is this for and what are they like?”
Technology to be deployed
“What tools can we use?”
Ideate
“What does success look like?”
Tell Stories
“What is the path to success?”
Job Stories
“What are the tasks the user will perform?”
Design Sprints | Process
33. Advantages
● Developed by Google Ventures (gv.com)
● Used regularly by start-ups and fortune 500 companies
● Targets processes not pages
● Allows for rapid idea generation, prototyping, and testing
● Flexible to respond to changing priorities
● Involves employees (SMEs) in decision making
● Allows design & dev to iterate the solution
Design Sprints
34. Design Sprints Define, Ideate, Tell Stories, Prototype, Test
Define
“What are the steps in the path?”
Ideate
“How do we want to follow the path?”
Tell Stories & Prototype
“What do the steps in the path look like?”
Test
“Are we on the right path?”
Solution
“Let’s build the path!”
Design Sprints | Process | Design/Dev Sprints
35. Dev Sprints Plan, Build, Code Review, Demo & Feedback, Refine
Plan
“What are the steps to build path?”
Build
“Let’s put his together.”
Code Review
“Is everything right?”
Demo & Feedback — Refine
“How do we make it better?”
Deliver
“Ready to go.”
Design Sprints | Process | Design/Dev Sprints
36. QA Sprints Test, Report, Code Fix, Code Commit, Nightly Build
Test & Report
“Is everything right?”
Code Fix
“Let’s make it right”
Code Commit
“All systems are go?”
Nightly Build
“Launch!”
Design Sprints | Process | Design/Dev Sprints
40. Job Stories
Clearly define user’s needs
Clearly define what success
looks like for the Users
Understand the user’s
motivations
Digital Transformation
Alan Klement, JTBD.info
41. Journey Maps
Looks at the process, not the
interface
Shows the emotional journey
Allows discussion of
opportunities to engage the
user that might have been
overlooked
Digital Transformation
43. User Flows
Process schematic
Provides process overviews
Allows for early identification
of potential issues
Give development a map of
what they will be building
Digital Transformation
45. Design Guide
Web accessible living design
guide that is always up-to-date
Colors, typography, iconography,
design patterns, & components
Values can be clicked to copy into
clipboard
Digital Transformation
48. IRS 2 Day Design Thinking Workshop
Discover needs and optimal outcomes for the project.
Define the triggers and expected outcomes for users.
Ideate to flush-out ways to help users meet their
expectations.
Tell stories through the use of a user journey map that
begin the process of creating solutions.
Refine the solutions into job stories that will serve as
project requirements.
Design Thinking In Action
49. Set The Stage
Design Thinking In Action | IRS Design Thinking Workshop
Define the Challenge
”What are we talking about?”
Recruit the teams
”Who can define the problems?”
Recruit Facilitators
“Who can guide the teams in coming up with
ideas?”
Gather Materials
“Do we have pen, paper, snacks? Anything else?”
50. Day 1: Define & Ideate
Design Thinking In Action | IRS Design Thinking Workshop
Define your big ideas
”What are the needs & expected outcomes?”
Sort Big Ideas into Groups
”What do the ideas have in common?”
Create Initial Job Stories
“What are the actions & motivations?”
Brainstorm Solutions
“How do solve the job stories?”
51. Day 2: Ideate & tell Stories
Design Thinking In Action | IRS Design Thinking Workshop
Describe the User Journey
”How to the solutions work with the job stories?”
Storyboard the Process
”What does this look like-step-by-step?”
Finalize Job Stories
”Are the original job stories still valid?
Do any need to be added?”
52. Next Steps
Design Thinking In Action | IRS Design Thinking Workshop
Show ideas to audience
”What are your thoughts?”
Ideate: User Flows
“What are the steps in the path?”
Prototype: Interactive & Visual Design
“How do the steps in the path work and look?”