Design Thinking Certification Program

BY
Duke Corporate Education via upGrad

Start your journey with the “Design Thinking Certification Program” by driving projects that are design-led.

Mode

Online

Duration

6 Months

Fees

₹ 150000

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Learning efforts 6-8 Hours Per Week

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
₹ 150,000

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

Yes

certificate providing authority

Duke CE

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

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

Design thinking

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

The syllabus

Getting Started with Design Thinking

  • Introduction to Design Thinking
  • Why Design Thinking?
  • 7 Phases of 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

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.

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

Mr Anshumani Ruddra
Group Product Manager
Google

Ms Mythreyee Ganapathy

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

How much time should a candidate spend studying this course?

Ideally, candidates should devote 6-8 hours every week to learn this program successfully.

What will the candidate get if he/she refers to another candidate?

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.

Does a candidate get any deferral or refund policy?

Yes, candidates do get a chance to have a refund or deferral policy, if he/she wishes to cancel enrollment.

Where are the learners' places after completion of the course?

The top companies where the learner gets jobs are Amazon, Paytm, Myntra, BookMyShow, Zivame, etc.

How are the instructors at teaching the “Design Thinking Certification Program”?

All instructors have varied work experience with big companies from 8-20 years, and all teach content that is best suited for the participants.

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