Executive Development Programme in Product Design Leadership

• Product Design Thinking: Understanding the user-centered design process, including empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping, and testing. This unit focuses on creating effective product design strategies that align with business goals and user needs.
• Design Leadership: Developing leadership skills specific to product design, including team management, communication, and collaboration. This unit also covers creating a design-oriented culture, fostering innovation, and leading change within an organization.
• Design Tools and Techniques: Mastering various design tools and techniques, including user research, usability testing, visual design, and interaction design. This unit emphasizes the importance of data-driven decision-making in product design.
• Design Operations (DesignOps): Optimizing the design process and workflow through effective project management, resource allocation, and communication. This unit covers best practices for scaling design teams, establishing design systems, and integrating design with engineering and product management.
• Design for Business: Understanding the intersection of business and design, including product strategy, pricing, and go-to-market planning. This unit covers the financial aspects of product design, including revenue models, cost structures, and profitability analysis.
• Design Ethics and Accessibility: Ensuring that product design aligns with ethical principles and accessibility standards. This unit covers topics such as user privacy, data security, and inclusive design, and emphasizes the importance of designing for diverse user groups.
• Design Trends and Innovations: Staying up-to-date with the latest design trends and innovations, including emerging technologies, design patterns, and user behaviors. This unit covers the importance of continuous learning and improvement in product design.
• Design Communication and Presentation: Developing effective communication and presentation skills specific to product design. This unit covers best practices for communicating design ideas, presenting design concepts, and receiving feedback from stakeholders.
• Design Case Studies and Real-World Projects: Analyzing real-world product design case studies and working on design projects to apply the concepts learned throughout the program. This unit emphasizes hands-on experience and practical application of product design leadership skills.