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Design Thinking is the accumulation of best practices in design. This contribution discusses the potentials and limitations of Design Thinking for innovative software-intensive products and services based on the author’s personal experiences.
The main conclusion from this consideration is that the limitations of design thinking in software engineering result from the fact that essential characteristics of software and its development process are not considered in design thinking.
In order to overcome these limitations, digital design as a new profession following the example of industrial design is presented as the next step in the evolution of design competence for software.
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In order to improve the readability of this contribution, I use the term “industrial design” as synonym for all product-related design disciplines in the remainder of this contribution.
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Lauenroth, K. (2022). From Design Thinking in Software Engineering to Digital Design as a New Profession: An Essay on Methods and Professions for Sha** Digital Solutions and Systems. In: Hehn, J., Mendez, D., Brenner, W., Broy, M. (eds) Design Thinking for Software Engineering. Progress in IS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90594-1_3
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