Design Thinking for Project Managers

🚀 Unlock the Power of Design Thinking: Exclusive Workshop with the Authors! 🚀

We are excited to announce a hands-on Design Thinking Workshop led by the esteemed authors of “Design Thinking – Hands on Approach”. This immersive workshop offers participants a unique opportunity to delve into real-world case studies directly from the book, applying the principles of Design Thinking to solve complex problems collaboratively.

Workshop Highlights:

Free Copy of Book: All participants will receive a complimentary copy of the book, providing a solid foundation in Design Thinking methodologies.
In-Person Case Study Analysis: Engage in detailed discussions of select case studies from the book, exploring practical applications and innovative solutions.
Expert-Led Guidance: Learn directly from the authors, gaining insights into their creative processes and strategies for effective problem-solving.

Why Attend?

Enhance Your Skill Set: Develop a user-centric approach to problem-solving applicable across various industries
Collaborative Learning: Work alongside fellow professionals, sharing perspectives and solutions in a dynamic environment.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with thought leaders and peers passionate about innovation and design.

Topics/Syllabus covered in the Workshop:

Topic 1: Introduction

What is design thinking?
Sweet Spot of Design Thinking
Five Stages of the Design Thinking
Ten Tools of Design Thinking
Alternatives to Design Thinking
How Design Thinking Differs From Traditional Problem-solving Approaches.
More practical Examples and case studies.

Topic 2: The Empathize Stage:

Importance of Empathy in Design Thinking
Techniques for Conducting User
Research and Gathering Insights
Empathetic Dimension to Leadership

Topic 3: The Define Stage:

Transition from the Empathize Stage to the Define Stage
Analyze and Synthesize Data (Step 1)
Define the Core Problem (Step 2)
Identify User Needs and Opportunities (Step 3)
Develop a Point of View (POV) (Step 4)
Create 'How Might We' Questions (Step 5)

Topic 4: The Ideation Stage:

What and Why of the Ideation Stage
Clear Articulation of the Problem
Statement with Focus on Latent Needs
Techniques for Ideation
Divergence and Convergence
Evaluation of Ideas
Tools for the Ideation Stage of Design Thinking
Three-Box Thinkin

Topic 5: The Prototype Stage:

What and Why of Prototyping
How Prototyping Enhances the Design Thinking Process
Developing Mockups, Models, and Prototypes
Types of Prototyping
User Centricity in Prototyping
Proof of Concept and Prototyping
Lean Startup Method of Prototype Development

Topic 6: Testing and Implementation:

Defining Testing and Implementation Goals
Identifying Key Stakeholders of the Testing Stage
Key Challenges in Testing and Implementation
Overview of Piloting and Launching in Design Thinking
Analyzing the Test Results
Tracking Results and Measuring Success

Topic 7: Design Thinking Case Studies:

Airbnb | Delta Airlines | Kaiser Permanente | IDEO | Ford | Railways

Topic 8: Lets do quick capstone Projects:

| Capstone Project 1: Designing a Cultural Probe for Empathetic Leadership
| Capstone Project 2: Designing a New Product
| Capstone Project 3: Improving a Service
| Capstone Project 4: Design Thinking for a School App
| Capstone Project 5: Design Thinking for a School Cafeteria

Dr. S. Chandramouli, Ph.D., PfMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K). He is a Certified Global Business Leader from Harvard Business School. He is a prolific writer of business management articles dealing with technology management, delivery management, competitiveness, IT, organizational culture, and leadership. He is certified "Green Belt" in six-sigma methodology. He is a certified master practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). He presented papers on Project Management in various international forums. His paper on "Best practices of Agile program management – SCRUM TEA Model" won an award at "Program and portfolio management Conference". Another paper titled "Strategy Based Service Model – DISCO PMO" won an award at International IT Service Management Conference. He has 30 publications in National and International Journals and conferences.

Chandramouli has a good record of delivering large-scale, mission-critical projects on time and within budget to the customer's satisfaction, which includes Blockchain technologies, AI, Bigdata analytics and machine learning projects. He implements design thinking principles across all his projects. He was an active member in PMI's Organization Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3) and Project Management Competency Development Framework (PMCDF) assignments. He has been an invited speaker at various technology and management conferences and has addressed more than 15,000 software professionals worldwide on a variety of themes associated with Blockchain, AI, machine learning, bigdata analytics, delivery management, competitiveness, and leadership.

Dr. SANKARAN VENKATARAMANI is a passionate management professional & researcher with 28+ years of rich experience in the field of Strategic operating model advisory, transformational process consulting and Leadership competency development & coaching programs. His experience spans across multiple industry domains such as Information Technology, manufacturing, engineering, services and education. Presently he is working with KPMG India as a Partner responsible for Global Delivery of Business Excellence practice solutions. Solutions range from strategic operating model improvement initiatives using Global standards & frameworks. He closely works with the Leadership team and improvement program office in providing deep consulting to align and enable achieving the Enterprise objectives. Sankaran is fluent with Global benchmarking models such as Capability Maturity Model Integration, Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise, SCRUM Agile, People CMM, ISO 9001 & 20k, European Foundation for Quality Management, Lean 6σ & Design thinking.

Sankaran has facilitated numerous organizations in the Operating model design in-line with Organizational objectives. Spearheaded the development of solutions such as Voice of Customer, People-CMM based Competency framework services, Delivery transformation through Cognitive quality, SAFe Agile transformation, Design thinking tenets & Methods excellence based on combined frameworks.