Design Sprint Facilitation

Design sprint methodology, workshop facilitation, and rapid prototyping frameworks.

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Design Sprint Facilitation

5-Day Design Sprint

Day Focus Output
Monday Understand Problem map, long-term goal, sprint questions
Tuesday Diverge Sketches, crazy 8s, solution concepts
Wednesday Decide Storyboard, prototype plan
Thursday Prototype Realistic facade
Friday Test User interviews, validated/invalidated assumptions

Workshop Facilitation

Rules

  1. Timeboxes are sacred. 5 minutes means 5 minutes.
  2. Diverge before converging. Generate before evaluating.
  3. Write before discussing. Silent ideation prevents groupthink.
  4. Vote with dots. Dot voting surfaces preferences without debate.
  5. Decider has final say. Someone needs authority to break ties.

Tools

  • Timer visible to all.
  • Sticky notes (physical or Miro/FigJam).
  • Voting dots.
  • How Might We format for reframing problems.

Common Mistakes

  • Inviting too many people (5-7 max).
  • Not having a decider in the room.
  • Skipping the prototype (testing ideas, not opinions).
  • Testing with colleagues instead of real users.

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