UX Design Strategy and Application: Customer Journey Mapping (FutureLearn)

This course offers you a chance to:

- explore the core principles of UX design

- learn about the fundamentals of customer journey mapping

- develop UX skills which you can apply in a professional setting

You will look at what contributes to a good user experience and why this is a vital part of growing any business.

Understand customer journey mapping

Once you have covered the key elements of the UX design process you will learn about customer journey mapping, and why it’s so important to visualise the user journey from start to finish.

You will investigate the moments that matter most and examine how journey maps can be used to identify and solve problems, as well as track the needs, desires and emotions of the customer.

This course will equip you with knowledge of central UX concepts such as high fidelity vs low fidelity design and product posture. You will learn to apply these in real life settings, allowing you to advance your career in UX design.

Explore service design and blueprinting

You will learn about UX best practices such as using wireframes and prototypes and you will become confident in implementing these in the workplace.

Finally, you will evaluate the relationship between UX design and service design, and consider the benefits of service blueprinting and how it differs from journey mapping.

By the end of this course you will be competent in applying knowledge of journey mapping, service design and blueprinting to your day to day work and you will be able to utilise your new skills to stand out in one of the fastest growing digital industries.

What topics will you cover?

- Journey mapping

- Service blueprint mapping

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Identify key elements of a well structured journey map

- Justify prioritisation decisions across a journey map in order to organise actions

- Evaluate elements of the journey map, based on data and research

- Evaluate fidelity choices

- Articulate key elements of a service blueprint map
Who is the course for?

This course is aimed at anyone looking to improve their UX design skills.

This might include:

- entry-level or intermediate Graphic or Digital Designers looking to expand their knowledge and skillsets in UX design.

- aspiring product managers who need to understand the pivotal role UX design plays in successful product development.

- non-technical digital team leaders looking to better understand critical concepts in UX design and the Design Thinking process.

If you want to further your knowledge, you may also be interested in these courses, from the same provider, which share the same subject and overall learning outcomes:

- UX Design Strategy and Application: Customer Profiling and Design Sprints

- UX Design Strategy and Application: Strategy, Innovation and the Future of Work