Practica
Implementing HCD Projects in Public Institutions
Learn how to move from prototype to real-world implementation by testing your design, training teams, communicating changes, and ensuring users remain at the center.
HCD training often leaves out the critical work that takes place after design and testing—the work that makes your ideas into real solutions that people use everyday. This course aims to bridge that gap, providing a practical roadmap for testing, refining, and launching designs in sustainable, real-world contexts.
course outcomes
Understand the goals of implementation and why it’s so critical.
Prepare for scaling your design, technical implementation, policy and legal reviews, translation, engaging interested parties, communications, training, and governance.
Advocate for the necessary resources.
Make an implementation plan.
What you'll learn
Welcome to Implementation+
- Course overview
- Preparing to learn
- Getting started checklist
- What is human-centered implementation?
- Case studies
Preparing the Solution+
- Scaling your design
- Preparing for technical implementation
- Reviewing policy and legal
- Translating your solution
Preparing the People+
- Engaging interested parties
- Communicating change
- Training staff
- Making a governance plan
Ready, Set, Implement+
- Know your constraints
- Checklist for implementation success
- Templates and tools
Enroll as a team
Learning is better as a team sport. Practica supports collaborative learning through paid cohorts—group learning experiences facilitated by Civilla staff. Together with your colleagues, you’ll participate in workshops, be guided through one or more Practica courses, get coaching from Civilla design experts, and make significant progress applying HCD to priority projects.
