Five days of the Design Sprint

The Design Sprint is a SUPERB methodology to build prototypes of products and services QUICKLY. 🌀
It’s been developed at GV (Google Ventures) as a technique to quickly design, prototype, and test the viability of an idea, product, or feature.
The design sprint consists of 5 phases (typically days), starting with design thinking and ending with a user-tested prototype.
At HotelQuickly and EdTech Labs we’ve used it several times to validate an idea and test with potential customers. Below is an overview of the structure.

DAY 1: MONDAY
Make a map of the problem you’re trying to solve and ask a few experts around to understand it better.
DAY 2: TUESDAY
Review existing ideas and sketch new ones. Diverge..
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY
Converge. Critique each solution from the previous day and decide which one of them will you prototype.
DAY 4: THURSDAY
Build a prototype that you will test on the following day. Fake it to look real.
DAY 5: FRIDAY
Interview your customers and learn by watching them use your prototype.
🔥 Overall, this process has been proven very useful to build new prototypes.
Workshop
On Sep 27, 2018, I organize a FULL-DAY WORKSHOP in Bratislava. Join me to learn how to adopt the sprint in your company, how to iterate faster and cheaper.
Read more
- Google Ventures: The Design Sprint
- Book on Amazon: The Design Sprint
Originally published at michaljuhas.com on September 7, 2018.
