Running-Successful-Design-Sprints

At the October meetup for Usable in Lagos, I spoke about how to run successful design sprints.

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1. how to run a successful design sprint Uyai Umoren Effiong
2. About Me Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai Lead Consultant at @Areedi Design Thinking / Service Design Focus @yoowai on Twitter for the rants Coffee lover Wife and mother
3. What is a design sprint? Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
4. • Popularized by Jake Knapp and the GV team, design sprints helped Googlers experiment and validate ideas internally • The fundamentals of these sprints were shared with clients of the Google Ventures project • Eventually Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz shared their process and summarized their findings into the awesome book on the right. Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
5. Solve more problems Co-create Test with real users/customers Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
6. Famous case studies include Blue Bottle and the Savioke robot Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
7. And now, here’s the Savioke robot in action Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
8. Great, now how do I run my own design sprint? Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
9. Setting the stage • What are you trying to accomplish? • Who should be in the room? And why? • Location, location, location! Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
10. Day 1: What is this good for? • Agree on a long term goal (why are we doing this?) • Ask “how might we” questions • Bring in the experts Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
11. Day 2: Co-create some solutions • Do some lightning demos – what innovations do you like from other industries? • Have each team member sketch their solutions (stick figures are okay!) Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
12. Day 3: Pick an idea to test • Discuss the ideas • Vote (and super vote) • Make a storyboard with the winning sketches, including an opening scene Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
13. Day 4: Build the prototype • The fun begins! • Assign roles to your team: makers, stitcher, writer, asset collector, interviewer • Do a trial run Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
14. Day 5: Test the prototype • Interview your customers • Pareto principle for sprints:5 people can observe ~ 85% of problems • Watch the interviews as a team Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
15. Going forward… • Look for patterns in what the users/customers did or said • Look back at Monday’s goal • Make it a priority to listen to customers and users • If you need a facilitator, reach out to me at @yoowai on Twitter Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai
16. Questions? Uyai Umoren Effiong | @yoowai