bmad-cis-design-thinking

Design thinking workflows guide teams from challenge framing through empathy, problem definition, ideation, prototyping, testing, and iteration. The process requires loading project context, team customization, and configuration to produce structured artifacts like challenge statements and test plans.

Transforming user research into testable prototypes involves applying human-centered design methods to convert empathy findings into How Might We questions. You then select concepts to prototype and generate structured test plans for validation.

Yes, this design thinking workflow applies to early-stage product discovery, UX design, service design, and concept validation scenarios. It processes user research inputs and stakeholder context to frame challenges and generate iteration plans.

Selecting suitable ideation and prototyping methods uses a design methods reference source to choose activities tailored to your situation. The workflow evaluates your project context to recommend appropriate techniques for the empathize, ideate, and prototype phases.

Yes, you must provide project context files, persistent facts, and customizable workflow settings before starting the human-centered design session. Loading this configuration ensures the checkpoint-based progression generates accurate design-thinking documents and saved session artifacts.