Recommendation System for Design Thinking Frameworks

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Solution Overview

Problem

Many companies face challenges in successfully implementing digital transformation initiatives due to a lack of understanding and expertise in user-centered design thinking processes, which are crucial for creating effective digital experiences and products.

Innovation Solution

A recommendation system that provides design thinking frameworks to project teams, incorporating questions and responses to determine input values, compare them with predefined parameters, identify peers, and generate customized design thinking frameworks for product development, facilitating the incorporation of design thinking concepts and methodologies.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If companies implement digital transformation initiatives with complex feature-rich digital experiences, then user adoption and engagement improve, but understanding and executing user-centered design thinking processes becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser adoptionVSAvoiddesign thinking process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables organizations to autonomously generate design thinking frameworks by inputting their project parameters and receiving customized frameworks without requiring external design experts. The automated generation process allows the system to serve itself in creating tailored frameworks based on input parameters such as project type, team size, and timeline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms abstract design thinking concepts into concrete, parameterized frameworks by accepting specific input parameters (project type, team composition, timeline) and generating customized frameworks that adapt to these parameters. This converts the vague art of design thinking into a more systematic process with measurable parameters.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If companies invest in user-centered design thinking processes, then development risks reduce and cost savings increase, but expertise and specialized knowledge requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevelopment risk reductionVSAvoidexpertise requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system acts as an intermediary between organizations seeking to implement design thinking and the specialized expertise traditionally required. By automating framework generation, it mediates the knowledge gap, allowing organizations to access expert-level design thinking frameworks without directly employing design experts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of expert-designed frameworks tailored to specific organizational needs. Instead of requiring organizations to develop original design thinking approaches or hire experts, the system generates customized copies of proven frameworks adapted to their specific parameters and context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Speed

If companies adopt design thinking frameworks without specialized support, then implementation speed increases, but framework customization and relevance to specific projects decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation speedVSAvoidframework customization
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically generates frameworks based on real-time input parameters rather than providing static, one-size-fits-all templates. The frameworks adapt their content and structure based on the specific project context, team composition, and timeline provided, making the system both fast and customized simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides a universal platform that can generate various types of design thinking frameworks for different project types, team sizes, and timelines. A single system serves multiple functions by adapting to diverse organizational needs while maintaining consistent quality and relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240029026A1Recommendation system and method for incorporating design thinking frameworks in projects
Publication Date: 2024.01.25 SHARMA ADITI
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AI summary

A recommendation system and method for incorporating design thinking frameworks in a project is disclosed. The recommendation system comprises a memory and a processor configured to perform functions. The functions comprise providing questions to a user device and receiving responses corresponding to the questions from the user device. The functions also comprise determining input values corresponding to predefined input parameters for a model based on the responses and comparing the input values with predefined input values provided corresponding to the predefined input parameters. Further, the functions comprise identifying peers based on the comparison and determining output values corresponding to predefined output parameters of the model. In addition, the functions comprise generating the design thinking frameworks based on the output values and providing the design thinking frameworks to the user device. The method comprises steps performed by the recommendation system.