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Step-by-Step Guide to User Scenarios

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/17/202301/17/2023UX Research 6 min read

During the UX research process, one of our big aims is to understand user behaviour when visiting a website or using a mobile application. Over the course of building this

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How to Conduct Online Brainstorming

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/15/202210/09/2022Online Brainstorming 19 min read

Brainstorming allows teams to explore ideas and analyse information in a creative, collaborative environment. During the pandemic lockdown, online brainstorming solved the problem that teams had to work remotely and

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Design Thinking Tools and Methods Complete Guide

Designorate Team 07/05/202210/09/2022design thinking tools 22 min read

There are several design thinking tools and methods out there. At the beginning of my learning about these tools, How can we formulate these methods in a clear design thinking

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13 Online Design Thinking Tools for Mind Mapping

Designorate Team 06/20/202210/09/2022design thinking tools, Mind Mapping 9 min read

Design thinking tools provide us with the opportunity to explore ideas through their different elements and components, which can lead to developing creative solutions for problems. Mind maps are one

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Design Thinking Tools for Ideation

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 06/15/202210/09/2022Design Thinking 9 min read

The ideation stage is a key point in the design thinking process (Known as Define in the Double Diamond Process). It is where the problem or the challenge is defined. The prototyped solutions may not

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How to Use the Decision Matrix to Make Decisions?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/29/202210/09/2022Decision Matrix 8 min read

Making the right decision is the biggest challenge that designers, managers, and innovators face, especially when there can be more than one possible choice to select from and multiple factors

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What is the 8D Problem Solving? And How to use the 8D Report?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/25/202210/09/20228D Problem Solving 14 min read

The 8D problem-solving process (also known as the 8 Disciplines) is very different from previous processes we explored previously, such as the Double Diamond process or the IBM Design Thinking.

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Stage Gate Process: The Complete Practice Guide

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/15/202211/01/2022new product development, product development process, Stage Gate Process 12 min read

When it comes to the process of new product development, the stakes are high to achieve the target goals and introduce to the market a product that can satisfy both

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What Are The Six Thinking Hats? And How to Use Them?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 05/11/202210/09/2022Six Thinking Hats 9 min read

Design thinking and group discussion are highly complex processes in which thoughts are shared, ideas bubble up, and others are buried. De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats technique provides a systematic

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How to Apply Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/17/202210/09/2022Critical Thinking 8 min read

The critical thinking framework provides an efficient method for designers, design students, and researchers to evaluate arguments and ideas through rational reasoning. As a result, we eliminate biases, distractions, and similar factors

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How to Conduct Heuristic Evaluation?

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 01/16/202210/09/2022Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Testing 13 min read

The usability testing is one of the essential stages of the user experience design process where the prototype is tested and evaluated to ensure that the final product is user-friendly

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How to Use Role-Play Method in UX Research

Designorate Team 12/08/202110/09/2022Design Thinking, role-play method, UX Research 9 min read

As human beings, our lives are formed as a net of intersected stories. Reading or watching stories help us to put ourselves on others shoes, feel their pains and pleasant

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The Double Diamond Design Thinking Process and How to Use it

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/02/202110/09/2022Design Process, Design Thinking, Double Diamond 15 min read

We explored the design thinking different frameworks in various articles, and one of these models is the Double Diamond design thinking process which the British Design Council developed. Like other

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How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 08/19/202110/09/2022service design 10 min read

Service design follows the same design thinking processes that we highlighted in previous articles about design thinking. However, when it comes to the prototyping stage, there should be a coherent structure

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How to Apply Blue Ocean Strategy

Designorate Team 08/16/202110/09/2022Blue Ocean Strategy 8 min read

One of the biggest challenges that face today’s companies is market competency. The challenge factor is magnified for new companies as they try to find a value proposition that allows

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Starbursting Technique: Evaluating New Ideas

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/19/202110/09/2022Starbursting 7 min read

Starbursting is another creative brainstorming tool with a different approach from other brainstorming techniques. When the team inside the organisation brainstorms new ideas using mind mapping and brainstorming tools, the

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Jumping into Design Thinking? Read These Books First

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/14/202010/09/2022Design Thinking 6 min read

Can you think that following a design thinking process five steps turns you into creative innovator?! Believe me, it isn’t and never has been this way. The spread of the term

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30+ Distance Learning Tools And Advices for Design Educators

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 03/16/202010/09/2022Distance Learning, Online Learning 15 min read

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, many educational institutions have recommended their students to switch to distance learning or online learning to reduce the chances to get infected and

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PESTLE Analysis and When to Use it

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 04/03/201910/09/2022PESTLE Analysis 4 min read

Finding a creative idea is only the first step in every innovation process, understanding the whole picture about business and forecast both internal and external factors that may affect it

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The Role of Storytelling in the Design Process

Dr Rafiq Elmansy 09/24/201810/09/2022Design Process, storytelling 6 min read

Storytelling is in the heart of our DNA as a human being, it helps us connect events is a holistic experience through time. This unique nature of stories makes it