- Introduction to Design Thinking
- Why Design Thinking?
- 7 Phases of Design Thinking
Online
6 Months
₹ 150,000
Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study, Virtual Classroom
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Learning efforts
6-8 Hours Per Week
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Course overview
The “Design Thinking Certification Program” certification is jointly provided by the Duke Corporate Education, and upGrad. Duke Corporate Education is basically the Corporate Education firm of Duke University and is a globally accepted certification. This course offers a learning experience where senior professionals mainly from global organizations impart education to the participants.
The “Design Thinking Certification Program” syllabus focuses on various topics that are how candidates can identify the needs of the user to extract ideas, and come up with a solution. They can also make a prototype of the solution, and put it to test songs among the user groups, etc. Basically, this program teaches students about the road mapping of a product, and how to innovate existing technical solutions.
The “Design Thinking Certification Program” Training can help candidates master Design Thinking, and also when a candidate completes studying the entire course and adds this to their portfolio, he or she will get prestigious jobs in some of the bog companies like Paytm, Instamojo, Grofers, Nike, Amazon, and many more.
The highlights
- More than 10 live sessions
- 6 plus Live assignments
- Boot Camps and Workshops
- 20 hours of Recorded Content
- Visual Design Sprint
- 5+ SGC Sessions
- Duke CE Digital Library
- Certificate initiation by Duke CE, and upGrad
- Dedicated Student Support
- Proper Doubt Resolution
- Hands-on Case Studies
Program offerings
- Best-in-class content
- 3 months course
- Online course
- Doubt resolution
- Discussion forums
- Certification from duke ce
- Global faculty
- Virtual studio experience
- Student support
Course and certificate fees
Fees information
Any candidate must pay Rs. 1,00,000 along with GST charges as the “Design Thinking Certification Program'' certification fee. If candidates do not want to pay the fee at one go, then they opt for no-cost EMI options available. For these economical options, upGrad has made associations with Propelled, and Eduvanz who has both Standard and No-Cost EMI plans.
Design Thinking Certification Program Fee Structure
Description | Amount |
Design Thinking Certification Program | Rs. 1,50,000 + GST |
certificate availability
certificate providing authority
Eligibility criteria
Educational Qualification
- Every candidate must complete a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, and from any discipline.
Work Experience
- A specific 3 years of work experience is required to apply for the course
Certification Qualifying Details
- After successful completion of studying the course with assignments, candidates can definitely earn a valid course completion certificate
What you will learn
Learners after “Design Thinking Certification Program” course completion will be able to:
- Do thorough research
- Prepare business plans through this research
- Revamping the existing practices, and innovating them
Who it is for
Learners applying for this course can be professionals from many different kinds of fields. The fields include Designers, top-line Management Professionals who do innovation, Product Specialists, Business Entrepreneurs, Product and Marketing Managers, and Social Entrepreneurs who are looking to upskill for enhancement in their careers
Admission details
All candidates may follow the steps down below for admission into the “Design Thinking Certification Program” online course.
Step 1: Candidates are asked to visit the official website of the course
https://www.upgrad.com/design-thinking-duke-ce
Step 2: Next, click on ‘Apply Now’ on the top right corner
Step 3: Fill in the details and ‘Create an Account’
Step 4: Sign-in with the credentials to the Account
Step 5: Admitted candidates can now start studying
Filling the form
Candidates who are enrolling for the “PG Certification in DevOps” program have to fill in the application form details correctly. Candidates have to start off by entering their personal phone number, and other nitty-gritty for the full application to be completed, and get admission to the course.
The syllabus
Getting Started with Design Thinking
Design as a Culture
- Fostering a Culture of Innovation at the Workplace
Empathy to Action
- Need to Empathise
- Key Rules to Empathise
- Identifying Assumptions and Bias
- Empathy and Contextual Interviews
- Stakeholder Map
- Shadowing
- Mind Maps
- Empathy Maps
- Storyboarding Customer Experience
Defining the Problem
- Identifying User Needs and Pain Points
- Creating Personas
- Prioritizing Pain Points - Prioritisation Grid
- Creating Goals from Pain Points - HEART Framework
IDEATE - Ideation to Challenge Assumptions
- Directly Jumping to Solution?
- Brainstorming
- SCAMPER Method
- Big Idea Vignettes
- Challenge Assumption Method
- Creating Storyboards
- Selecting the Best Idea
Define Solution with Prototyping
- Introduction to Prototyping
- Types of Prototypes
- Creating the Right Prototype
Testing Solutions
- Need of Testing
- Testing Methods
- Cognitive Walkthrough
- Getting Best Feedback from Testing
- Iterate on Feedback to make MVP
Innovation Execution
- Implementation
- System Thinking
- Business model canvas
- Service design
- Pitching- Storytelling for success
- Creating a Sales Pitch
Scale the Solution
- Moving from MVP to a Scalable Solution
How it helps
Applicants can check the “Design Thinking Certification Program” benefits mentioned below:
Learning Support
Candidates get the support of industry experts and student success mentors whose job is to resolve queries, give feedback on assignments, and track a student’s progress in the course curriculum.
Doubt Clearance
Candidates can get their doubts cleared with the help of Expert Feedback, and Question & Answer Sessions. These assure timely doubt clearance by industry experts. The experts also hold live sessions to clear any doubts that may arise related to concepts of the curriculum.
Instructors
Mr John Davis
Regional Managing Director
Duke University, Durham
MBA
Mr A J Boelens
Client Director
Duke CE
Mr Anshumani Ruddra
Group Product Manager
Google
Ms Mythreyee Ganapathy
Product Leader
Google
Mr Gautham Krishnan
Vp Products
Freelancer
Gaurav Joshi
Head of Design
Freelancer
Mr Deepak Singh
Senior Data Scientist
InMobi
Pratik Aggarwal
Vice President
Freelancer
Siddhartha Roy
Director, Product Manager
Freelancer
Mohan Ram
Go-To-Market-Lead - APAC
Freelancer
FAQs
Ideally, candidates should devote 6-8 hours every week to learn this program successfully.
The candidate who is referring will receive Flipkart vouchers free which are worth Rs. 3000 for the “Design Thinking Certification Program” certification by Duke Corporate Education, and upGrad.
Yes, candidates do get a chance to have a refund or deferral policy, if he/she wishes to cancel enrollment.
The top companies where the learner gets jobs are Amazon, Paytm, Myntra, BookMyShow, Zivame, etc.
All instructors have varied work experience with big companies from 8-20 years, and all teach content that is best suited for the participants.