Design management
Learn how to lead a design team and take the first step towards integrating it into your organisation.
Who is it for
In-house design team leaders
Individual in-house designers
Product managers
Other development participants
Aljaž is an expert in his field. He presents his knowledge in a friendly and inclusive way, challenges the participants and establishes an environment where we learn a lot from each other.
Aljaž is a very patient, accessible mentor. He takes time to discover your virtues, and encourages you to use them successfully in the environment where you operate.
I unreservedly recommend this course to anyone who works in development teams. I can't wait to put the lessons and exercises into practice.
Modern format
Curriculum
Welcome
- Opening access and communication channels
- Invitation to participate by e-mail
- Contact with mentor in the cohort Slack channel
- Moderated introductions of all participants
- Setting personal goals for the course
- Mentor's instructions for the first exercise
Understanding the development environment
- Origins & role of design management
- Influences on product team collaboration
- What backgrounds do participants come from
- The specific challenges we face
- Why there isn't one "right" way of working
- Characteristics/implications of your environment
- Overview of specifics/influences in your environments
- Sharing suggestions for improvement
- Remaining questions & answers on the topic
Mapping development processes
- Where & how design integrates into development
- Goals and methods in the discovery phase
- Goals and methods in the implementation phase
- Growing complexity throughout the product life cycle
- Why a rigorous process is not the answer
- Visualizing your work process
- Review of your work process visualisations
- Sharing suggestions for improvement
- Remaining questions & answers on the topic
Integrating into development processes
- What it takes to become part of a team
- What to consider when incorporating design
- Cultivating an understanding of the value of design
- Top-down vs. bottom-up; pros and cons
- Gather support for your own proposal
- Selecting a relevant/reachable improvement
- Reviewing the range & selection of improvements
- Sharing suggestions for improvement
- Remaining questions & answers on the topic
Introducing improvements
- The right time to make improvements
- Limiting the impact of improvement, limiting the risk
- Setting SMART goals in your team
- Finding a sponsor in team/company leadership
- How to maintain interest and support over time
- The first step in implementing your improvement
- Reactions from your teams to the improvements
- Sharing suggestions for improvement
- Space for additional questions and answers
Check-in session
- How you applied course skills in daily work
- Evaluating personal goals for the course
- Mutual suggestions for further development
- Feedback on the effectiveness of the course
- Receiving a diploma for successful completion
- Invitation to participate in the alumni community
Skills you acquire
Your mentors
Aljaž's work includes designing solutions in the areas of IoT and digital twins, infographics and data visualisation, cartography and spatial orientation, and personalised or contextually tailored content. His collaborations with leading companies in the media and technology industries have resulted in numerous business successes, excellent user feedback and professional awards in the fields of design, journalism and statistics. Along the way, he has been involved in the creation of three internationally successful teams. He is constantly dedicated to finding and mentoring young talent, and expanding his knowledge through lectures, workshops and trainings. He has conducted over fifty of them, both at home and abroad.
Options and prices
Regular program
- 4x 2-hour group meetings (option to record)
- Meetings are a mix of theory and joint exercises
- 4x homework on the meeting topic
- Check-in session one month after the course
- Working in a small, close-knit group
- Private channel for communication between participants
- Unlimited access to tutor recordings
- Unrestricted access to presentations by the mentor
- Unlimited access to reference examples from lessons
- Unlimited access to templates for practical exercises
- Unlimited access to the cohort archive
- Unlimited access to additional literature
- Unlimited access to the school's alumni community
- Course certificate
Intensive program
- 4x 2-hour group meetings (option to record)
- Meetings are a mix of theory and joint exercises
- 4x homework on the meeting topic
- Check-in session one month after the course
- Working in a small, close-knit group
- Private channel for communication between participants
- Unlimited access to tutor recordings
- Unrestricted access to presentations by the mentor
- Unlimited access to reference examples from lessons
- Unlimited access to templates for practical exercises
- Unlimited access to the cohort archive
- Unlimited access to additional literature
- Unlimited access to the school's alumni community
- Course certificate
- 4x 1-hour one-to-one mentoring
- Learning from your real, commercial project
- Feedback specific to your environment
- Discreet cooperation, protection of trade secrets