Service Design Processes and Methods (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

Outcomes:
The student:
* utilises service design processes as an iterative method of work
* is able to put in practise established, research-based service design methods
* is able to visualise different stages of service design processes)
The service design project work is done in collaboration with a commissioner (enterprises, organisations, associations, own employer, own company).
Content:
- Service Design Process:
- starting points, definition
- indentification of customer's problems and needs
- strategic planning
- engagement, co-design
- design (idea generation, concept design, prototyping)
- service production
- piloting and launching
- evaluation
Service Design Methods:
- mind map
- user oriented methods (i.e. personas, a day in a life, probes, observation, interviews, story board, story telling, design games)
- visualisation
- scenarios
- service concept
- Service Blueprint
- Business Model Canvas
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Tavoitteet

* utilises service design processes as an iterative method of work
* is able to put in practise established, research-based service design methods
* is able to visualise different stages of service design processes

Sisältö

Content:
- Service Design Process:
- starting points, definition
- indentification of customer's problems and needs
- strategic planning
- engagement, co-design
- design (idea generation, conceptdesign, prototyping)
- service production
- piloting and launching
- evaluation

Service Design Methods:
- mind map
- user oriented methods (i.e. personas, a day in a life, probes, observation, interviews, story board, story telling, design games)
- visualisation
- scenarios
- Service Concept
- Service Blueprint
- Business Model Canvas

Aika ja paikka

Autumn 2018 . Henrikinkatu 7, Turku, Novia´s premises.

Oppimateriaalit

Clark. T., Pigneur, Y.& Osterwalder, A. 2010. Business model generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers. John Wiley & Sons.
Clark, T., Pigneur, Y. & Osterwalder, A. 2012. Business model you: a one-page method for reinventing your career . John Wiley & Sons.
Curedale, R. 2013. Service Design. 250 essential methods. Design Community College.
Kimbell, L. 2014. The Service Innovation Handbook. Action-oriented creative thinking toolkit for service organizations. Templates cases capabilities. BIS Publishers.
Martin, B. & Hanington, B. 2012. Universal Methods of Design. Rockport Publishers.
Osterwalder, A. 2014. Value proposition design: how to create products and services customers want. John Wiley & Sons.
Polaine, A., Løvlie, L. & Reason, B. 2013. Service design: from insight to implementation. Brooklyn, NY:Rosenfeld Media.
Stickdorn, M., Schneider, J. 2011. This is Service Design Thinking. John Wiley & Sons.
Stickdorn, M., Hormess, M., Lawrence, A. & Schneider, J. 2018. This is Service Design Doing. O´Reilly Media.
http://www.servicedesigntools.org/
http://sdt.fi/materiaali/ServiceDesignToolkit_english.pdf
https://canvanizer.com/

Opetusmenetelmät

Working methods:
- contact and distance learning
- lectures
- guest lecture
- group work
- service design project work for a commissioner
- presentations
- peer feedback
- active participation and interaction in group work

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

The whole course is based on innovation pedagogy, as described before. The student group is international.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

According to the principles for credit transfer.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Brief from a commissioner 4h
Project plan 8h
Research and service design project 70h
Process portfolio 20h
Peer feedbacks 5h
Presentations 4h
Work load approximately 135 h:
- contact sessions: ca 24 h
- distance studies: ca 111 h
The learning process timeline will be given separately in a task paper.

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The process portfolio, which describes the progress of the whole process from the brief to the end with different research and service design development stages. It consists of text and visualized perception material and other documents necessary for the reader to be able to understand the process. Assessment criteria:- Development process of the ideas to a service concept
- Applying of different service design methods to gain versatile knowledge for the project
- Informativeness and visualisation of the process portfolio and
Active participation and interaction in the group work.
All the required tasks returned in time.
Teachers´ assessment. Scale 0-5.

Lisätiedot

The course is based on introduction in service design studies, 2 ECTS (part of the Introduction in Leadership and Service Design – course, 5 ECTS).