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Design Sprints
A Design Sprints give teams a methodology to quickly find solutions to complex problems in a structured way. The methodology is focused on solving a specific problem with a multidisciplinary team with different expertise and background. The workshops can be executed both IRL or online. There are some excellent online tools out there.
We provide moderators. A person with experience leading workshop with a group of 5 – 25 people. The moderators roll is to structure the meeting and keep things moving with eye on the target, although sometimes they pause when the team need to go into depth in questions.
Agenda
- Frame – Set clear objectives
- Discover – Interview, Research & Mapp
- Define – Analyse and Prioritise
- Develop – Ideate, Select and Prototype
- Deliver – Test and Iterate
- Launch – Measure, Followup
Our Collaboarative Workshops
Understand and Define
We start with understanding the problem, defining the challenge, and aligning the team around a common goal. This involves presenting or reviewing existing data, research or any existing user feedback to identify the key problem areas and defining a specific challenge to address. If data is not available yet the should agree on what test
Diverge. Create Ideas!
After having a clear idea of the problem the team will start to generate a wide range of ideas and solutions to the problem. This can involve brainstorming sessions, sketching, and other ideation exercises to encourage creative thinking and exploration.
Converge and Prioritise
In the next step we focus on selecting the best ideas from the ideation exercises. After prioritising the ideas we continue to make a plan for how the prototypes that will be created in the next step.
Prototyping
After selecting the best ideas we sometimes further test them by building simple early stage prototypes, using whatever tools are most appropriate for the task.
Regardless of large body of data, or whether your ideation sessions have resulted in, testing ideas early is still crucial. By prototyping and testing early prototypes, you can quickly reveal assumptions and uncover further insights to improve your solutions..
Testing Your Ideas
Testing is all about generating user feedback on the prototypes you have developed, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of your users behaviour.
The key to remember is that you are testing the prototype, not the inteligence of the user. Your prototype should be designed with a central question in mind — a question that you will put to the test in the testing stage.
Measure and Followup
In the next step we focus on selecting the best ideas from the ideation exercises to create a clear plan for the prototypes that will be created in the next step.
A selection of the workshop tools
How Might We
After selecting the ideas we should test further in higher fidelity the team will create a prototype of the solution, using whatever tools are most appropriate for the task, such as cardboard, pen, digital tools, etc.
Regardless of large body of data, or whether your ideation sessions have resulted in a novel solution, testing ideas early is still crucial for success.
By prototyping and then testing early hand made prototypes, you can quickly reveal assumptions and biases towards your ideas, and uncover insights to improve your solutions..
Dot Voting
Concept Poster
Finally, you get to present the idea!
The concept poster woks great in larger teams where groups work together. The poster should tell the story of the groups idea, why it matters, and how it works, because ultimately you want to influence your team to embrace the concept by communicating what makes it an appropriate solution.
Since this is a poster, you’ll want to keep it highly visual, using images and words that clearly articulate the important aspects of the concept.
In the next step we focus on selecting the best ideas from the ideation exercises to create a clear plan for the prototypes that will be created in the next step.
