Designing an app in five steps

Design thinking applied to a school app: empathise with the people who will use it, define the problem, ideate, build a paper prototype and test it with real people, with an example of a canteen app.

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  1. One app, five steps
  2. The method
  3. Empathize
  4. From complaint to problem
  5. Ideate without fear
  6. Paper prototype
  7. Testing the prototype
  8. How many tests are needed (example)
  9. Team challenge

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