The first guide to DTMethod!
In addition to a huge amount of knowledge supported by research, you will find here many examples and see step by step how to create the best solutions!
Our aim was to popularize evidence-based knowledge about design thinking. We had gathered so much information (for which the existing descriptions didn’t apply) that we needed to do more than just another training course. This was the first time Michał Pacyna (CEO of Inprogress) exclaimed: ‘We have got to devise a design thinking methodology!’ Completely oblivious to how much work that would involve, I simply replied: ‘Sure.’
Rafał Czarny, book author
After several years of intense work, our methodology not only established itself on the market, but it is currently conquering new foreign markets. People from all over the world are learning to work on projects using Design Thinking. Today, we are handing over to you a book that complements our work on the DTMethod. This publication can be treated as a textbook, guide or instruction manual for conducting activities in your company!
What will you find in the book?
The book contains comprehensive knowledge of the DTMethod - the Design Thinking methodology. With each chapter, you will delve deeper into the specifics of the methodology and see that project work can be structured and intuitive. It will become an instruction manual for creating the best solutions by you and your team!
1.Design Thinking basics an introduction to the DTMethod
- About design thinking
- The most important design thinking models
- Introduction to the DTMethod
- Factors that may disturb the design Thinking proces
2. DTRoles and DTRules
- Roles according to the DTMethod
- Combining the DTRoles
- Rules of work according to the DTMethod
- The phases of the DTMethod
3. DTModel – Exploration Phase
- What is the Exploration Phase?
- What is a challenge and how should you approach it?
- Tools needed during the Exploration Phase
- How to organize information
- Stages of the Exploration Phase
4. DTModel – Creative Phase
- What is the Creative Phase?
- General principles of the Creative Phase
- What are the steps for the Creative Phase?
- Stages of the Creative Phase
5. DTModel – Construction Phase
- What is the Construction Phase
- The Construction Phase proces
- How to test iteratively and improve the prototype
- In what situations should the DTTeam return to the previous phases?
- Summary and stages of the Construction Phase
- General principles of the Construction Phase
- Finishing the DTMethod
6. DTTools
- Exploration Phase tools
- Creative Phase tools
- Construction Phase tools
- Schedule of meetings
Authors
Rafał Czarny
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.
Michał Eromin
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
Agnieszka Chrząszcz
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.
Want to know more?
Contact us. We would be happy to discuss the details.