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Sessions
Discover the next sessions of our open program in design thinking below. Click on the session you are interested in to obtain its full calendar.
About
Download the flyerThe success of a project depends not only on the excellence of its management, but also on the actual benefits it creates for the organization. Consequently, developing and integrating new processes, products and services that deliver the expected benefits requires both the ability to explore the unknown and to design projects that make sense to their end-users. In this sense, the use of design thinking in project management responds to these imperatives of innovation and adoptability.
Clearly, integrating design thinking right from the ideation stage enables us to create innovative solutions to new problems. To help you get to grips with this concept, we'll be focusing on users and their needs. From this starting point, we'll look at how you can facilitate team alignment around a single raison d'être, while facilitating exchanges between the various stakeholders through a collaborative, co-creative process.
Finally, and in keeping with the spirit of this short program, we will study together the principles of design thinking and lean management through concrete case studies, to enable you to integrate these concepts into your approach to project management and to articulate it efficiently with an agile approach within your organization.
Learning objectives
- Define design thinking, its scope, stages and limits.
- Apply a design thinking approach in the ideation phase of project management to improve results.
- Organize project management using design thinking and lean management methodologies.
Target audience
- Project or portfolio managers wishing to adopt a user-centered approach.
- Managers or professionals seeking to develop a new culture favoring collective intelligence and agility.
- Anyone wishing to explore new ways of collaborating and communicating around a project.
Program
This short program design thinking was built for professionals seeking to learn about fundamental concepts and then practice them trough practical exercises. There is a strong emphasis on practical application supported by academic excellence, with the use of exercises and break-out groups, industry examples and guest speakers. The fundamental notions will be presented beforehand, then supplemented and illustrated by numerous practical exercises based on real cases .
This approach will allow the participants to deploy the concepts presented during the course as well as forging a strong analytical mindset to tackle future challenges they might face on .
Modalities
admission criteria
MotivationWe offer quality programs accessible to all professionals who have decided to develop new skills.
ParticipationThis short program requires your presence and participation
study rulesPayment terms
Price: 2 250 CHFAll expenses related to continuing education are, except in exceptional cases, tax deductible .
Discount (10%): -225 CHFA discount is offered to Alumni HEC.
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