Design Sprint
in brief
compress months of time into a single week !!
The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers. Developed at Google Ventures http://www.gv.com
Working together in a sprint, you can shortcut the endless-debate cycle and compress months of time into a single week. !!
Design Sprint has the workshop formula and composes of 3 stages:
Analysis: Understanding of the problem, mapping of goals and threats.
Ideation: Drawing up solutions. Review of solutions and selection of one solution to create the prototype.
Validation: Prototyping and tests.
Design Sprint can be used to:
prepare vision of new technological products,
define features of a website or application,
design processes for business/customer service,
but also, to solve more open business problems and elaborate strategy for new undertakings.
Day 1 : Understand
The goal of the first day is to encourage everyone to share what they already know and develop a common understanding with the rest of the group .
Understand methods : How Might We , Lightning Talk …
Day 2 : Sketch
During the sketch phase, individual team members are given the time and space to brainstorm solutions on their own.
Sketch methods : Crazy 8's , Solution Sketch …
Day 3 : Decide
The Decide phase is when the team chooses which idea should be prototyped.
Each participant will share their Solution Sketch, and the team will find consensus on a single idea through decision-making exercises.
Decide method : Present Solution Sketches , Dot Vote …
Day 4 : Prototype
During prototype phase you will aim to create a prototype that is just real enough to validate, and you will do it really fast!
prototype is a facade of the experience you have envisioned in the Sketch phase.
Prototype Methods : Storyboard , Assign task …
Day 5 : Validate
The Validate phase is the Design Sprint moment of truth. Your team will finally get to see live users interact with their ideas and hear direct feedback from your target audience.
Validate Methods:Usability Study, Cognitive Walkthrough …