Design Thinking for Software Products
Design Thinking for Software Products Design thinking helps software teams create products that fit real needs. It puts people first, helps ideas improve quickly, and keeps technology focused on delivering value. With a thoughtful process, a team learns faster and builds software that users actually use. In practice, design thinking follows a simple cycle: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. They are not rigid gates but a loop you can repeat. Empathize means talking to users, watching how they work, and collecting their stories. Define turns those stories into a clear problem statement. Ideate invites many ideas without judging them. Prototype creates rough, usable versions to explore options. Test asks real users to try the prototypes and share what works and what does not. ...