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Design Sprint

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What is a Design Sprint

A Design Sprint is a time-boxed process that compresses months of work into a focused five-day framework. Developed by Google Ventures, it helps teams rapidly solve complex problems through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

How does a Design Sprint work

The five-day structure includes:

  • Monday: Map out the problem and choose a target
  • Tuesday: Sketch competing solutions
  • Wednesday: Make difficult decisions and create a storyboard
  • Thursday: Build a realistic prototype
  • Friday: Test with target customers

When to run a Design Sprint

Use Design Sprints when facing high-stakes decisions, launching new products, adding major features, or improving existing experiences. They're particularly valuable when you need rapid validation or alignment across stakeholders.

Benefits of Design Sprints

Design Sprints provide rapid validation of ideas, reduce risk in product development, align teams around clear goals, and compress months of work into a week. They help teams fail fast and learn quickly before making major investments.

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