An agile and ontology-aided modeling environment for empathizing

Abstract

Innovation in form of design driven innovation is used to approach a highly explorative, holistic, interdisciplinary and integrative process to create value. Companies who look for an agile and fast approach to develop and test new ideas benefit from design driven methods like Design Thinking, Design Sprints or the Lean Innovation approach. It gives them a possibility to explore wicked problems and possible ideas by reducing the risk by investing in the most potential solution. Visualization plays a key role in communicating ideas. Visualization in form of sketching is used in a wide range of design driven methods to create awareness of problem and solutions. Storyboards can further be used to create prototypes to test solutions and test hypotheses. SAP Scenes in form of haptic card boards can be applied on such scenarios....