Let's run a Design Sprint together!

Hello everybody!

Welcome to our Design Sprint workshop series. The purpose of these exercises is to give us the opportunity to practice running a design sprint, in a controlled and low-pressure environment. As a bonus, we'll meet other people interested in the subject, and maybe get to collaborate with them in the future.

We will be using Jake Knapp's book Sprint as our guide (https://thesprintbook.com/). For everyone who wishes to participate, it is recommended that you read it beforehand to get the most benefit, but it is not absolutely necessary.

We will run this remote design sprint over a period of approximately six weeks, starting on July 23, 2020. We will meet twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for two hours, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

As the sprint progresses, we will have the chance to cover all the different aspects, from deciding on a strategy, to sketching solutions, storyboarding, building a prototype, crafting a research protocol, and recruiting and interviewing test customers.

Some of us will choose to be on the design team side, and some on the business side playing the role of the client's team. We may be able to practice more than one role, and alternate roles on different days, depending on your expertise and what you want to get from the different activities. Here are some of the roles we're aiming to fulfill:

On the design team side:
• facilitators
• researchers
• recruiters
• interviewers
• designers
• prototypers
• engineers
• coordinators
• documenters

On the business team side:
• decision-makers
• subject-matter experts
• voice of the customer
• marketing
• branding
• finance

This promises to be a fun and exciting series of workshops, not to mention educational and challenging. It could potentially lead to a new job for you, or to other opportunities for professional advancement.

Please share this information with any of your friends and colleagues who you think might be interested. We're setting a limit of 20 people to join the online whiteboard, so spaces are limited. RSVP today!!

That's all for now... We look forward to putting in practice these future-proof skills, and can't wait to meet you!