WHEN SHOULD YOU RUN A DESIGN SPRINT? | Aj&Smart

WHEN SHOULD YOU RUN A DESIGN SPRINT? | Aj&Smart

When should you run a design sprint?

The Design Sprint is an 5 day process that brings a product team from a big challenge to a user tested prototype.

Everybody seems to be getting a little crazy about this whole Design Sprint thing! But a Design Sprint is a very intense process that just can't be done on a weekly basis (nor should it!) So, when should you do a Design Sprint then? When will your team get the most out of it? It's a question we get all the time... so we thought we'd answer it in a video!

This is definitely a loaded question... There are many times that it can be beneficial to do a design sprint, and in this video Jonathan walks you through some of the best.

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[DCTapeworm]

When I go to bed:
If I were disciplined about it: 10:30 pm
If my kid stays up too long to go to bed: 11:30 pm
If I just say 'f' it and figure I can skate with 6-7 hours the next work day: 12:30 pm (and pray my kid doesn't get up).

Keep posting these great, short, instructional videos. Hope AJ&Smart is having a good year too.

[dillple]

I recently ran a design sprint myself. The big idea was to develop software that helped public agencies make investment decisions that are connected to their vision. There's a lot cooked into that, to be sure. We got through it and the sprint was a success. HOWEVER, we all were left with feeling like the goal of an end to end solution was a little too big and a little too complicated. What strategies do you have for taking a big problem like that and making sense of it? We wanted to test the end to end concept... it made for a challenging-to-build prototype. Seems like keeping it high level is fine but we just had to be a little more disciplined about not diving too much into the details...

[christinegivens]

10pm Thank you for this. Great content.

[madjohnno]

What time do I go to bed at..? Late! I had Jon's voice in my ear this Sunday morning (afternoon) and now hearing him talk about it again, I think I will have an early one tonight. ;)

[davidomalley]

question: Have a group that has done much analysis on the "journey" of a particular feature, but have gotten into a rut. Part analysis / paralysis, part massive complexity. Design sprint is a good fit here (we will run one). Kind of concerned about prior knowledge though - will people retreat back to what they know, or believe they know, based on prior learning. Your thoughts on how to take the best of the past and merge it going forward?

[aartiramnath]

Can we run the Design Sprint for enhancing one of the module of existing big product?

[nirupamas]

Also part of 10.30 PM bed time club!! 😁

[aliieleish]

hello I just have a misunderstanding between design thinking and design sprints as
the design thinking process steps are 1- empathize 2- define 3 - ideate 4- prototype 5- test
and the main idea of sprint is building a prototype in one week (five days) is that means that when I want to apply sprint with design thinking process I should do the 5 steps of design thinking in 5 days or just the last 2 steps (prototype and test) in 5 days ?

[exposures]

around 11pm. and thanks for the video!

[princessramirez]

Is design sprint applicable to a project which the stakeholders know what they want like they have the requirements already gathered

[akaashpunnous]

HI team, I am a Graphic Designer. I have an interest in UI/UX. Can u help how to start with my career.

[davidgenger]

I don't understand why you call this a DESIGN sprint, this is more for product validation, isn't? this shoud be called PRODUCT sprint.

[MrPigeonalex]

Since i'm starting my design company and there are soooo many things to do/that happen in one day, I never know at what time I go to bed. Plus, Netflix has become a real late-night trap.
I'd say I go to bed around midnight, to make a mean value.
Keep doing these videos, you're such an inspiration for us youngsters.
www.solide.io

[ginginthesis]

and everytime I wonder, how old are you?