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Design Thinking and Innovation for Project Teams

Projects that solve the wrong problem deliver perfectly and still fail their users. This course brings design thinking into project work so teams understand real needs before committing to a solution. Delegates learn to test ideas cheaply and early, which is especially valuable for the service delivery and product projects growing across Africa.

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What you will be able to do

  • Frame the real problem a project should solve before jumping to solutions.
  • Gather user and stakeholder insight through observation and interviews.
  • Generate and prioritise a range of possible solution ideas.
  • Build low cost prototypes to test ideas before full investment.
  • Run experiments that validate assumptions early in the project.
  • Blend design thinking with structured project delivery without losing either.

Course outline

  1. 01Problem framing before solutioning
  2. 02Understanding users and stakeholders
  3. 03Ideation and prioritisation
  4. 04Prototyping cheaply and fast
  5. 05Testing and validating assumptions
  6. 06Combining design thinking with delivery

Who should attend

Project managers, product and service teams, business analysts and innovation staff who want more user centred project outcomes.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
12 to 13 Oct 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
13 to 14 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
14 to 15 Oct 2026Durban2R10,000Register
15 to 16 Oct 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
19 to 20 Oct 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
20 to 21 Oct 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
21 to 22 Oct 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
22 to 23 Oct 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Oct 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
27 to 28 Oct 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
28 to 29 Oct 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
29 to 30 Oct 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Nov 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Nov 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
4 to 5 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Nov 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Nov 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
11 to 12 Nov 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Online2US$900Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
19 to 21 Oct 2026
Venue
Johannesburg
3 day programme
FromR13,000
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