About DTMethod® Certification
Overview
DTMethod® Training and Certifications
Benefits of DTMethod® Certification
For Individuals
- Design better solutions through hands-on experience that reinforces creative problem-solving methods.
- Gain practical skills and confidence to contribute meaningfully during Design Thinking workshops and innovation sessions.
- Strengthen critical thinking and innovation skills by learning a structured, user-focused approach to solving complex challenges.
- Reduce uncertainty and confusion by clearly defining the time commitment and role expectations during Design Thinking activities.
- Increase motivation and engagement as ideas are recognized, tested, and incorporated into real project outcomes.
For Organizations
- Helps to reduce project risk by evaluating feasibility and alignment with business needs before major resources are committed.
- Lowers project costs through early stakeholder involvement— minimizing costly changes later in the development cycle.
- Ensures that products, services, and processes are rooted in real user needs and insights, boosting value metrics.
- Embeds innovation into daily workflows by integrating Design Thinking into existing project management practices.
- Strengthens internal capabilities through continuous improvement and customer-centered innovation.
Study materials
Study materials
Useful links
Useful links
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DTMethod®
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Watch the DTMethod Video Series
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Effectiveness of DTMethod
Documentation
Documentation
Success in 1 2 3
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DTMethod® Certification levels
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Self-study
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Training organizations for DTMethod® Certification
Important information about language
The training services listed on this website have undergone a quality assurance process to ensure they meet high standards. However, please note that while the quality of the training content has been assessed, the language capabilities in which these services are delivered have not been specifically evaluated. We recommend that users verify the language proficiency and suitability of the service for their needs directly with the Training Organisation prior to enrollment or participation.
Videos
Videos
SFIA
This APMG certification has been informally mapped against the SFIA Framework to indicate the skills that are addressed and referenced by the certification. Although it is not yet possible to claim this digital badge, the indicative skills can be used to plan your professional development through assessing the skills you have and the skills you need for the role you want.
knowledge
DTMethod® Foundation
Generic attribute Knowledge up to level 3, Business Situation Analysis up to level 3, Feasibility Assessment level 3
Same as above plus Business Situation Analysis level 4, Feasibility Assessment level 4, Systems Design level 4
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FAQs
The core guidance for the DTMethod Foundation exams is the DTMethod: Designing Right Solutions manual, which is available to candidates who purchase the exam.
Design Thinking is an approach to creating solutions. DTMethod® allows you to easily introduce Design Thinking into your organization and take advantage of this approach. Thanks to the use of Design Thinking in the pre-project phase (or during project management), teams design products, services and processes that have a positive impact on the stakeholders (including users) of these solutions. Those solutions have positive impacts on the functioning of the organization as well.
Find out more from DTMethod.
The DTMethod Foundation certification does not expire.
No, the exam is closed book.
The core guidance is available in English and Polish.
The Foundation course is delivered over 3 days.
The Foundation examination is available in English and Polish.
Since 2018, we are no longer registered for AXELOS qualifications and are unable to provide the certificates.
If you received your AXELOS qualification before this time, you can contact customer service and upon providing your candidate number, ask if a copy of your certificate still exists in our system.
Alternatively, you can reach out to IT PeopleCert directly with this request quoting your candidate number.
If you do not have your candidate number, we can provide it to you. Additionally, we are happy to provide a letter of verification for any exams sat with us.
Your results will be processed 6 to 12 hours after your exam. You will receive an email confirming your achievement and inviting you to the Candidate Portal where you can see your official result. From there, you can create your account in Credly.com and access your digital badge and certificate.
Your training organization specified that they wish to view candidate results before releasing. If you would like your results sooner, you may contact your ATO directly and request your results that way. After they have released them, you will be able to create/view your Digital Badge and download your Digital Certificate in your Credly account in the Certificates section of your portal.