Design Sprint Overview

This course is for students who are interested in learning how to bring an idea through concept, design, and user validation, as well as creating a spec to handoff to engineering. You’ll learn more about how you can use Design Thinking to diverge in order to explore ideas and then ultimately focus in and converge on a single idea. Equally important is mapping out the full concept and creating a prototype that can be used to validate that you’re solving a problem for real users.

At the end of this course and after completing your project, you will be able to:

• Organize and run a Design Sprint to create a product that solves a user need
• Create sketches, storyboards, and build interactive prototypes
• Design a research plan to validate product concept and identify usability issues along critical user journeys
• Recruit participants and conduct usability tests following a research plan
• Translate user insights into product improvements

In this lesson, we’ll cover the following topics:

• What is a Design Sprint
• Identifying the right problems for a Design Sprint
• Planning a Design Sprint
• Working with Designers

At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to:

• Describe what a Design Sprint is
• Identify good candidates for a Design Sprint
• Plan a Design Sprint
• Explain the similarities and differences between the Product Manager and Designer roles

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