Design Thinking Quiz

Introduction to Design Thinking: Process, Principles, and Skills

• Design thinking is a human-centered approach to problem-solving and innovation.
• Design thinking creates innovative solutions, expands knowledge, foresees new problems, prioritizes others' needs, and tackles "wicked problems."
• The four principles behind Design Thinking are the human rule, the ambiguity rule, all design is redesigned, and the tangibility rule.
• The design thinking process is non-linear and iterative, consisting of five stages: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test.
• Empathy is the most important element of design thinking, as designers need to learn about the user's needs, wants, and goals.
• Defining the problem involves compiling observations from the empathize stage to understand the user's challenges and obstacles.
• Ideation is a non-judgmental phase where designers come up with as many new ideas as possible.
• Prototyping involves creating a simplified version of the product to test potential solutions found in earlier stages.
• Testing follows prototyping, but the process is iterative, and findings may require revisiting a prior step to rephrase the initial problem statement or generate fresh ideas.
• The five design thinking skills are emotional intelligence, consensus building, user research, journey mapping, and brainstorming.
• Emotional intelligence is critical in understanding the end-user's objectives, goals, desires, and difficulties.
• User research, journey mapping, and brainstorming are essential tools to help identify and narrow down problems and generate ideas.