Design Sprints
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Overview
The big idea with the Design Sprint is to build and test a prototype in just five days.
Watch the short intro videos of Google Ventures on the topic (only 90 seconds) .
Summary
Monday
10 a.m. Write Checklist
10:05 a.m. Introductions (if some people don’t know each other)
10:10 a.m. Explain the sprint
10:15-ish Set a long term goal (get optimistic)
10:50-ish List sprint questions (get pessimistic)
11:30-ish Make a map
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Explain “How Might We” Notes
2:10 p.m. Expert Interviews (15-30 min each)
4:00 p.m. Organize “How Might We” Notes
4:10 p.m. Vote on “How Might We” Notes
4:30-ish Pick a target on the map (Customer + Problem)
4:45-ish End of day
Tuesday
10 a.m. Lightning Demos.
12:30-ish Decide who will sketch which part of the map
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Explain Four-Step Sketch.
2:10 p.m. Take notes
2:30 p.m. Jot down Ideas
2:50 p.m. Crazy 8s
2:58 p.m. Solution sketch
3:30/ 4:00/ 4:30 p.m. End of day
Wednesday
10 a.m. Art Museum & Heat Map
10:30 a.m. Speed Critique
11:15 a.m. Explain Straw poll & supervote
11:20 a.m. Straw Poll & Supervote
11:30-ish Divide winners from “maybe-laters.” and from supervotes
11:35 Rumble or all-in-one.
11:40 If Rumble - Note and Vote for fake brand names
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Make a storyboard
2:15 p.m. Choose an opening scene
2:45 p.m. Fill out the storyboard
3:30/ 4:00/ 4:30 p.m. End of day
Thursday
10 a.m. Pick the right tools
10:30 a.m. Assign roles: Maker, Stitcher, Writer, Asset Collector, and Interviewer.
10:45 a.m. Prototype!
1 p.m. Lunch
2. p.m. Prototype!
2:30 p.m. Stitch it together
3-ish Do a trial run & finish up the prototype
4:00/ 4:30 p.m. End of day
Friday
9:45 a.m. Set up hardware & video stream
10 a.m. Interview 1
10:40 a.m. Short break
10:45 a.m. Interview 2
11:25 a.m. Short break
11:30 a.m. Interview 3
12:10 a.m. Short break
12:15 p.m. Interview 4
1 p.m. Lunch
2 p.m. Interview 5
2:40 p.m. Short break
2:45 p.m. Sorting notes
3 p.m. Summarize learnings & plan next week
3:30 p.m. End of day
Google Ventures has published a Medium Blog Post on the topic that quickly describes the goals and advantages of a sprint:
