Digital Platform Design at the Edge of Complexity: The Value of Design Thinking to Balance Between Configuration and Customization

Emanuel Stoeckli
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Emanuel Stoeckli: esurance AG

A chapter in Design Thinking for Software Engineering, 2022, pp 181-190 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Even though human-centered approaches such as Design Thinking have become a widespread strategy to gain competitive advantages, it remains unclear what it means for digital platform design. The very core of digital platforms lies in the systematic reuse of modules to reduce complexity and increase variety through configuration. Design Thinking, in turn, yields a variety of prototypes grounded in a deep understanding of the problem space. While the risk of the former lies in solution-fixation, the risk of the latter is that individual desirable solutions inhibit the transition toward actual implementation. Both perspectives are triangulated and the value of Design Thinking as a mindset, process, and toolset for Digital Platform Design is discussed. This contribution highlights the sweet spot where a wide range of problems (user needs) are addressed by a variety of platform configurations.

Keywords: Digital platforms; InsurTech; Human-centered design; Design thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90594-1_12

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