DTMethod® Professional
Learn how to design good solutions using the DTMethod®.
About this level
Who is the DTMethod® Professional for?
The DTMethod® Professional course and certification is suitable for:
- Professionals interested in standardized innovation processes as a way to improve current methods, i.e. business analysts or Scrum masters.
- Designers who want to learn new tools and deepen their competences in conducting stakeholder research.
- Other key roles including:
- Business Consultants
- Change Agents
- Product Developers
- Project Managers
- Product Owners
- Systems Analysts
What are the benefits of progressing to Practitioner level?
- Build from foundational knowledge and access additional tools for your Design Thinking processes.
- Improve stakeholder research capabilities by strengthening interviewer skills, questionnaire designs, and more.
- Gain a deeper understanding of which DTMethods to use and when depending on situational context.
Are there any pre-requisites?
The DTMethod® Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.
What are the key things you will learn?
- How to conduct stakeholder research with Design Thinking.
- How to strengthen stakeholder research abilities by improving interviewer skills, observational skills, and questionnaire designs.
- How to appropriately apply key DTTools like:
- Stakeholder journey map
- RAFF
- Forced ranking
- SCAMPER
Exam format
- 80 multiple-choice questions
- 150 minutes (2.5 hours) to complete the exam
- 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) –50%
- Open-book permitted –the DTMethod Workbook and the Design Thinking Basics: an introduction to the DTMethod may be used during the exam