UX Thinking training

For anyone who wants to understand the big picture behind UX

At the start of every successful product development process lies a shared understanding: What exactly is the problem, and what might the future solution look like? Clarifying the project scope and defining a viable product vision play a key role in this initial phase. Methods, exercises, and, last but not least, a shared mindset help pave the way toward that goal.

UX Thinking supports interdisciplinary teams in discovering and developing sustainably relevant products using a flexible, value-driven model. This approach incorporates elements from agile software development, human-centered design, Lean Startup, and traditional product development.

Here’s what we cover in the training

• Definition of usability
• The importance of basic human needs in software design
• Factors for successful teamwork
• Defining strategy and product strategy
• Characteristics of good strategies
• Fundamentals of user research and data modeling
• Development of product visions
• Requirements gathering for user story mapping
• Combining agility and human-centered design

Target audience

Advanced or mixed groups from the fields of development, design, product, and management.

What you should bring

• Extensive experience with user-centered design, CX/UX, and usability
• In-depth questions and interest in the details of UX processes and frameworks that are useful in the agile development process
• An interest in deepening your background knowledge and a passion for learning in a group setting.

We conduct this in-house training in collaboration with the artop Institute at Humboldt University in Berlin.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

How will this training benefit your team?

• UX Mindset:
  Understanding and internalizing the ways of thinking behind specific UX methodologies
• The human-centered approach as a cornerstone
  : Putting users at the center from the very beginning, for products that solve real problems and are loved by people
• Strengthening
  teamwork: Learning how to
  
  collaboratively develop a successful product strategy

Why choose training from artop and UX&I?

The artop Institute at Humboldt University is one of the leading centers for UX education in Germany. Serving as an interface between the university and the business world, artop offers numerous training and continuing education opportunities and provides consulting services to companies and organizations. UX&I is a long-standing partner of artop and conducts courses at the institute.