DTMethod

DTMethod

Methodology of conducting of the Design Thinking,
processes is based on 3 pillars:

  1. DTModel, composed of 3 phases
  2. DTTools, around 20 tools fitted to DTModel
  3. DTRules&Roles, that is the rules (and roles) to follow applying DTMethod

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DTModel

Creating a solution DTTeam will go through a structured process which consists of 3 phases

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1. Exploration Phase

Learning about a background and origin of the Challenge.

Analysis of the stakeholders’ needs for a challenge and areas in which a solution will be created.

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2. Creative Phase

Applying the most effective tools boosting creativity.

Analysis of generated ideas and choice of those with the biggest potential to solve the challenge.

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3. Construction Phase

Creating prototypes of chosen ideas.

Improving the prototypes on the basis of stakeholders’ feedback – choosing the solution to implementation.

DTRules&Roles

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Focus on people

Designed solutions are to help the stakeholders and the solutions are to cover their needs.

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Team involvement

Designers are to have (time and physical) space to design.

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Evidence-based approach

You are supposed to act on the basis of confirmed knowledge and not on the intuition and beliefs.

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Stepwise approach

You are to go through each phase in the DTModel.

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Iterative approach

For better results of Design Thinking process, some actions should be repeated several times.

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Active approach

We assume a quick and dynamic action throughout the whole DT process.

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Learning approach

Each success and each failure are values which allow to draw conclusions thanks to which the team will develop the best solution.

DTRules&Roles

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DTSponsor

Identifies the challenge and receives the outcome of the team’s work.

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DTDesigner

The member of the team responsible for solution developing.

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DTFacilitator

DTMethod expert who leads the team through the whole process.

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DTCoordinator

He/she ensures that meetings are all in the logistics.

DTMethod: Online meetings

Carrying the stakeholders research

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1st meeting

The challenge description.

Planning the stakeholders research.

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2nd meeting

Analysis of stakeholders’ research and discussion of the conclusions that are reached.

Generating ideas for solutions.

Testing prototypes
and collecting feedback

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3rd meeting

Analysis of ideas generated during the previous meeting.

Choosing ideas to prototype and creating prototypes.

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4th meeting

Discussion of tests conclusions and preparing a description of the Solution for DTSponsor.

Ending the DTMethod process.

In an offline version the whole process is covered within 3 meetings.

DTMethod Team

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Rafał Czarny

Designer, trainer, psychologist

He created training games, Development programs, motivational systems. He supported organizational changes involving employee recruitment, increasing engagement and work satisfaction. He thinks that Design Thinking is currently the only method which can help solve various problems properly. His dream is to go on a bicycle journey across both Americas: from northern Alaska all the way down to Tierra del Fuego.
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Michał Eromin

Designer, facilitator, trainer

His job is creating new training products and meeting facilitation. He’s the co-author of multiple training games and business simulations. He is the co-creator of the Inprogress Design Lab brand since 2019. He facilitated DTMethod workshops for PwC, PwC/CTech, HLTech, Wiosna Association
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Wojciech Baran

Methodologist in the Kraków AGH University of Science and Technology e-Learning Center

He trains the AGH University of Science and Technology academics in various ways in the fields of didactics, communications and personal development. He designs his own workshops, webinars and online courses. He loves cycling.
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PhD Karolina Dukała

Forensic psychologist, lecturer at the Psychology Department of SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities

Her job is mainly the psychology of witness testimonies, including the problematics of efficiency of interrogations and lie detection methods. She is the author of multiple scientific publications and the mastermind and organizer of national and international projects and conferences, among others, the cyclical Cracow Conference of Psychology and Law. Her other area of interest are mechanisms of gender inequality in organizations and companies connected to STEM
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Agnieszka Chrząszcz

Manager and learning designer at AGH University of Science and Technology e-Learning Centre

In the Krakow University of Technology e-Learning Centre supports academics and training creators in designing remote and mixed courses, manages projects and develops new solutions for teachers. She uses Design Thinking to design solutions for academic teaching - detailed needs analysis and streamlined and easily modified solutions perfectly suited to the dynamic reality of a research focused teaching facility.
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PhD Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna

Social psychologist, researcher, and Assistant Professor at AGH University of Science and Technology

Social psychologist, researcher, and Assistant Professor at AGH University of Science and Technology and Diversity and Inclusion Specialist at Space Technology Center, AGH. Her research focuses on the psychology of entrepreneurship, women in science, and perception of space exploration.