Alex Cowan

Alex Cowan has been an entrepreneur (5x) and an intrapreneur (1x). He’s currently on the faculty at UVA Darden where he focuses on digital innovation, teaching two courses: Software Design and Software Development. He’s also an active advisor to companies on new product and venture creation.
Prior to Darden, he was founder and CTO of Leonid Systems, which was acquired by BroadSoft (NASDAQ: BSFT). His Venture Design framework is widely used by practitioners and instructors for creating new products in agile environments.

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Agile Meets Design Thinking (Coursera)

Jun 9th 2025
Agile Meets Design Thinking (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of Virginia
Categories
CS: Design & Product
Effort
Beginner
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Arabic
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Agile Meets Design Thinking (Coursera)
Despite everyone's good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many projects end up creating unneeded, unusable, and unsellable products. But it doesn't have to be this way. Agile and design thinking offer a different--and effective--approach to product development, one that results in valuable solutions to meaningful problems. In [...]
Digital Product Management Specialization
Agile Development Specialization
Agile Development
Design Thinking
Agile
Agile Design
User Experience Design
UXD
Agile Software Development
Product Management
Software Development
Customer Value
Computer Science
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Jun 9th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of Virginia
CS: Design & Product
Beginner
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
68.00 EUR/month
English
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Arabic
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish
Vietnamese

Customer-Centric IT Strategy (Coursera)

May 26th 2025
Customer-Centric IT Strategy (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of Virginia
Categories
Business
Effort
Beginner
2 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
Arabic
French
Portuguese
Italian
Vietnamese
German
Russian
English
Spanish
Hungarian
Customer-Centric IT Strategy (Coursera)
Now more than ever, corporations are investing heavily in IT. The quality of these investments affect the daily work of millions, yet it’s not uncommon to see industry surveys where the failure rates for IT projects is over 50%. It’s possible to do better and it’s possible to do [...]
Leading the Modern Day Business Specialization
Customer-Centric
Business
Strategy
Business Model Canvas
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May 26th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of Virginia
Business
Beginner
2 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
42.00 EUR
English
Arabic
French
Portuguese
Italian
Vietnamese
German
Russian
English
Spanish
Hungarian

Getting Started with Agile and Design Thinking (FutureLearn)

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Getting Started with Agile and Design Thinking (FutureLearn)
Course Auditing
FutureLearn
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Categories
Management & Leadership
Effort
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
Getting Started with Agile and Design Thinking (FutureLearn)
Get an introduction to agile product development and design thinking so you can build better digital products. Despite everyone’s good intentions, hard work and solid ideas, too many projects end up creating unneeded, unusable, and unsellable products. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Agile and design thinking [...]
Agile Product Development
Digital Product
Design Thinking
Agile
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Course Auditing
FutureLearn
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Management & Leadership
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
64.00 EUR
English

Digital Product Management (FutureLearn)

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Digital Product Management (FutureLearn)
Course Auditing
FutureLearn
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Categories
Business
Effort
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
Digital Product Management (FutureLearn)
Build product management skills as you learn how to plan, develop and manage a successful and user-focused digital product. Get digital product management training for the modern workplace. As technology evolves, the role of the modern digital product manager is becoming more than assessing market data, creating requirements, and [...]
Digital Product Management
Management
Digital Product
Product Management
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Available Now
Course Auditing
FutureLearn
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
Business
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
79.00 EUR
English