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QGLUE has developed an skill assessment & certification to assess and recognize the Foundational skills in Design Thinking required for professionals to perform design and innovation activities in their current roles. The assessment facilitates in identifying the right mix of team members to work on a real project and provides a roadmap for upgrading their skills.
The Design Thinking Body of Knowledge (DTIBOK) is the prescribed aggregation of knowledge within the profession of Design Thinking & Innovation Management. The body of knowledge rests with the practitioners and academics who apply and advance it. The DTIBOK The systematic collection of activities and outcomes in terms of their values, constructs, models, principles and instantiations, which arises from continuous discovery and validation work by members of the profession and enables self-reflective growth and reproduction of the profession. This is the sum total of competencies an individual is expected to have mastered to be considered or certified as a practitioner.
The complete Design Thinking & Innovation Body of Knowledge includes proven practices that are widely applied, as well as practices that are emerging in the profession, including published and unpublished materials. As a result, the Design Thinking & Innovation Management Body of Knowledge (DTIBOK) is constantly evolving.
The Design Thinking & Innovation Body of Knowledge can be visualized into 8 core competencies.
A mind-set that sees problem solving as an iterating process between inventive thinking to analytical thinking.
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Concerned with understanding how people are impacted by a problem and see the problem from their perspective
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The use of mapping and sketching to bring ideas into practical world. Creation of tangible visual and sensory experiences to test out ideas and concepts.
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Comfortable in working with incomplete information and limitations imposed by business environment.
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Incorporating feedback and lessons learnt to evolve an idea, concept or prototype.
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A comfort level with presenting new unproven ideas for consideration. Failure is seen as a way of learning.
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Understanding that solutions are developed in partnership and through engagement with others.
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Candidate does not see obstacles as problems .They rather see it as an opportunity that can open up a whole new dimension of thought process.
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The Design Foundation Assessment evaluates an individual on 8 specific competencies and 25 skill elements. The assessment is offered to all participants attending the Certificate Program in Design Thinking (CPDT).
Completion of the assessment successfully is an essential step for securing the Design Foundation Certificate. Interested organizations can also use this assessment to identify the internal team’s capability on Design Thinking across 8 capability areas, and 25 skill areas.
This assessment is best suited for individuals involved with Design Thinking (DT) and Innovation as their core focus of the current work/project/program. Individuals aspiring for a career / movement into Design Thinking can consider taking this assessment, after attending Certificate Program in Design Thinking Training. All individuals with the following functions/activities can undertake this assessment: