Prototyping and Innovation Testing Course

To validate and refine ideas for products or services quickly and cheaply before large-scale development or launch, learning what works and what does not while changes are still easy to make.

A prototype is built to learn and test specific hypotheses, and can be as simple as a sketch or a role play. An MVP is the smallest version of a product that real customers can use and that tests whether there is genuine demand. Module 1 explains the full range from idea to final product.

No. The course works with low-fidelity methods such as sketches, storyboards and paper mock-ups as well as digital tools, so you can prototype without programming or advanced design skills.

Yes. Module 2 covers service prototyping through role play, customer journeys and process simulation, and the testing methods apply equally to products, services, digital tools and business models.

Module 4 shows you how to distinguish opinion from evidence, read weak signals and validated learning, and use clear criteria to decide whether to iterate, pivot, persevere, pause or discard an idea.

Through practical exercises in each module, the design and analysis of user tests, and a final project in which you take an innovation challenge from initial assumptions to prototype, testing and an evidence-based decision.

Fully online, through a virtual campus available 24/7, with live sessions that are recorded, downloadable materials, discussion forums and tutorials with the teaching staff.

The course comprises 300 hours of study across 5 modules of about 60 hours each and ends with an applied project. You can progress at your own pace within the schedule set when you enroll.