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How to Run Your Own 5-day Design Sprint

In today's fast-paced business environment, the ability to rapidly innovate and solve problems is more crucial than ever. A powerful method to achieve this is by running a 5-day Design Sprint. A Design Sprint is a structured, time-constrained process that helps teams quickly prototype and test ideas.


See here below a step-by-step guide on how your organization can run its own 5-day Design Sprint.


๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐จ๐š๐ฅ


Before the sprint starts, you need to:


๐Ÿ‘ฅ Assemble the Team:

Bring together a cross-functional team of 5-7 people, including a facilitator, decision-maker, and experts, relevant to the challenge.



๐ŸŽฏ Define the Sprint Goal:

Identify a clear, actionable sprint goal / challenge.



๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 1: ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž

๐ŸŽค Interview Experts: Bring in subject matter experts to share insights about the problem space.


๐Ÿ“ Gather Insights: Collect and synthesize information from the expert interviews to build a comprehensive understanding of the challenge.


๐Ÿ”Ž Map the User Journey: Create a map of the user journey, identifying key steps and pain points. This visual representation will guide your focus for the rest of the sprint.


๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 2: ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž

๐Ÿ’ป Inspiring examples: Every team member looks individually for inspiring examples on how to solve the sprint challenge. Afterwards everyone presents 3 inspiring examples.


โœ๐Ÿป Sketch Solutions: Using the 4-step-sketch, each individual will create a finalized solution sketch that represents the solution to the sprint challenge.


๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 3: ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Pitches: Every individual presents their solution sketch to the rest of the team.


๐Ÿ“Dot voting:

Select the most promising ideas / elements from each sketch.ย 

Dot voting is a tool to identify the strongest ideas, that clearly show which elements should be included in the prototype.


๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Storyboarding:

Use the dot-voted elements to create a clear step by step flow of the final solution to be prototyped.


๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 4: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Time to build a realistic prototype that can be tested with users!

Divide tasks among team members, such as building the prototype, creating the interface, and preparing the testing scenarios.


๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ 5: ๐“๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Recruit 5 interviewees that match your target audience.ย 

Conduct one-on-one interviews to gather qualitative feedback.


๐Ÿ“ˆ Analyze Results: Review the feedback and identify patterns. Discuss what worked, what didnโ€™t, and the insights gained. Afterwards the prototype / new business proposition can be updated with the gathered feedback.ย 


๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง


Running a 5-day Design Sprint is a powerful way to fast-track innovation and solve complex problems. By following these steps, your team can harness the power of design thinking to create impactful solutions.




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