Despite everyone's good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many teams end up creating products that no one wants, no one can use, and no one buys. But it doesn't have to be this way. Agile and design thinking offer a different--and effective--approach to product development, one that results in valuable solutions to meaningful problems. In this course, you’ll learn how to determine what's valuable to a user early in the process--to frontload value--by focusing your team on testable narratives about the user and creating a strong shared perspective. This course is supported by the Batten Institute at UVA’s Darden School of Business. The Batten Institute’s mission is to improve the world through entrepreneurship and innovation: www.batteninstitute.org.

This second course of the AI Product Management Specialization by Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering focuses on the practical aspects of managing machine learning projects. The course walks through the keys steps of a ML project from how to identify good opportunities for ML through data collection, model building, deployment, and monitoring and maintenance of production systems. Participants will learn about the data science process and how to apply the process to organize ML efforts, as well as the key considerations and decisions in designing ML systems. At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to: 1) Identify opportunities to apply ML to solve problems for users 2) Apply the data science process to organize ML projects 3) Evaluate the key technology decisions to make in ML system design 4) Lead ML projects from ideation through production using best practices

At the end of this project, you will have all the basic skills to retouch and modify your images professionally using Canva, an online tool for creating and editing Marketing designs. You will be able to use the various image editing tools offered by Canva. This project is intended for beginners, people who have no knowledge of graphic design and especially those who would like to edit and retouch images in a professional and artistic way.

By the end of this project, you will be able to lead and document a project retrospective to explore lessons learned and identify areas for continuous improvements. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience working in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork while you identify key players and questions that are likely to produce insights leading to work process and outcome improvements. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.

By the end of this project, you will be able to conduct a 5 Whys Analysis to engage in a focused discussion to uncover why a problem exists, identify the core issue that can be addressed, and arrive at possible solutions. To do this, you will gain hands-on experience applying the 5 Whys brainstorming strategies while you visualize the results in the Miro online visual collaboration platform for teamwork. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.

By the end of this project, you will be able to create an animation for a social media icon using Adobe Illustrator and an online GIF maker. Throughout the project, you will be able to use Adobe Illustrator with its different tools. You will be able to create the frames for the animation of the social media icon. You will be exposed to the concept of Artboards in Adobe Illustrator as well as how to export those Artboards as files and use them in other software or online applications. This guided project is for intermediate designers and intermediate animators who are interested in learning how to create the frames for their animations in Adobe Illustrator. Using the tools in Adobe Illustrator, you will be able to create the frames needed to animate the social media icon. By creating this animation you will contribute to completing the visual branding of your website or mobile application. It will add a dynamic edge to your social media icons and hence achieve an interactive visual experience. It is always an interesting addition when you include animation as part of your visual identity and this project will help you achieve that. Adobe Illustrator is the most used software to create vectorial designs. It will be, undoubtedly, a great asset throughout your future career as a designer.

At the end of this project, you will have all the basic skills to create content for your social media account with Piktochart, which is a software and online tool for creating and editing Marketing visuals of all kinds. You will be able to discover in detail the different features of the platform, and will be able to use its tools to create social media content. This project is for beginners, people who have never used Piktochart to create content for their social networks. It is ideal for those who would like to use Piktochart for their professional projects.

By the end of this guided project, you will be fluent in creating acceptance criteria for mobile app features and tasks. You will utilise wireframe porotype segments in an agile project environment based on the customer journey with the products. This will enable you to identify and classify the required test cases for each functionality prior to development. Furthermore, it will help bring consensus between the client, the developing company and the software developers leading to measurable and successful implementation of the app functionality and features This is essential for generating positive results for your product development. Furthermore, this guided project is designed to engage and harness your visionary and exploratory abilities. You will use proven models in Agile Project Management with ClickUp to shape the development roadmap of products and services.

In this 1-hour and 30 mins long project-based course, you will learn how to create a logo for your brand, campaign, or business using Inkscape. Additionally, you will be able to incorporate colors, texts, and images that reflect your brand identity and convey your message to your audience. You will be able to create a very simple logo that is attractive, inviting, and easily comprehensible using one simple technique called Negative Space. Moreover, you will be able to identify the importance of color psychology when it comes to logo design. Along the way, you will apply and practice the basics of Inkscape as a designing software which will help you in your campaign creation or company launch. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.

In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to - use SketchUp for Web to create simple 3D models - explore 3D modeling - create a simple mockup scene for your artworks By the end of this project, you will learn how to use Sketch Up to create a mockup scene in 3d model for your art works or illustrations. In graphic design and visual arts, mockup is defined as a rough draft of a finished product or visually rendered representation of a finished product. In this guided project we are going to create a mockup scene to simulate the showcasing of print and artworks. SketchUp for Web is a free version of SketchUp that runs in a web browser. It shows a simple interface where anyone can simply draw and create 3D models. This makes 3D modeling accessible and easy to use to anyone interested in exploring this field. This guided project is for graphic designers, illustrators, or artists who want to create visual representations of their prints, illustrations or paintings through 3D modeling. However, anyone interested in exploring 3D modeling is welcome to this course. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America region. We’re currently working on providing the same experience in other regions.