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On the Perception, Adoption and Implementation of Design Thinking in the IT Industry

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In recent times, addressing the social aspects of IT products has become an important competitive factor on IT markets. IT development is forced to focus on more user-centeredness and the non-technical aspects of design problems. Against this background, design thinking has been discussed and applied as a new design paradigm for IT development. Basing on expert interviews and case study research, we examine in our research project what it means to put design thinking into operation in an IT context. We explain why design thinking is complementary to traditional IT design paradigms and what issues are involved in the subjects of perceiving, implementing and adopting design thinking in IT development.

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    German quotes are translated to English by the authors.

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    Albeit the majority of our interviewees showed preferences for agile development approaches, sequential approaches are favored when it comes to large-scale IT development projects due to its better planning reliability.

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  1. Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, 900460, 14440, Potsdam, Germany

    Tilmann Lindberg, Eva Köppen, Ingo Rauth & Christoph Meinel (Principal Investigator)

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  1. Hasso-Plattner-Institute for Software Sy, Prof-Dr-Helmert-Str. 2 -3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany

    Hasso Plattner

  2. Softwaresystemtechnik GmbH, Hasso-Plattner-Institut für, Prof.-Dr.-Helmert-Str. 2-3, Potsdam, 14482, Germany

    Christoph Meinel

  3. , Stanford Center for Design Research, Stanford University, Panama Mall 424, Stanford, 94305-2232, California, USA

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Lindberg, T., Köppen, E., Rauth, I., Meinel, C. (2012). On the Perception, Adoption and Implementation of Design Thinking in the IT Industry. In: Plattner, H., Meinel, C., Leifer, L. (eds) Design Thinking Research. Understanding Innovation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21643-5_13

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