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List as many metrics as you can in 10 minutes. They should show you’re closer to achieving the objective. Shuffle, mix and match the cards to spark fresh insights, then use the critical evaluation techniques to test and refine your creative ideas into realistic and feasible solutions.

Is the team I plan to bring together drawn from various level of the organizational structure (for example, managers, supervisors, technical analysts)? The participants can reach consensus on the agenda for the session (an agenda that you’ve already laid out in your Lightning Workshop Brief) and the key “products” or prototypes that you intend to create. By doing this prior to the session, participants feel more ownership over the output. Either way, getting them all out in the open with an Assumption collecting workshopcan help you ensure your team understands each other, and allows you to identify all kinds of risks that you can then plan for. From customers and competition to risks and user behaviour, you’ll guide your stakeholders on a whistle-stop tour through their assumptions, giving you the chance to explore them in full before they are proven or disproven in real time.Facilitator’s Note: This is often a question that I will keep for only the decision maker, especially if we have a good relationship. That said, posed in a non-confrontational way to the group, you can learn a lot! A Sailboat workshophelps you and your team to truly visualise your goals out on the horizon, and all of the obstacles that might keep you from reaching them. It’s also a great way to build bonds within and between teams, as well as with the wider organisation and other stakeholders. Of course, if you’re just starting out you will want to make sure you’re setting yourself up for success. Great product teams don’t happen by chance; they happen by design. You can lay great foundations by understanding what’s required to build a great product team. For example, the during category includes things like setting ground rules for your session, creating an inviting space through avatars and many more useful tactics to have a great remote/ async workshop.

B. Pink Square Post-Its — 3x3; these will be used as categorization markers at the end of afternoon session. From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for going from problem to prototype. A practical guide to answering business questions, Sprint is a book for groups of any size, from small start-ups to Fortune 100s, from teachers and PTAs to nonprofits and public institutions. It’s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today. Every meeting deserves a plan. Note that a great plan cannot guarantee a great outcome, but it will help lay down the fundamentals from which we can adapt. It might sound like a 30-minute day-dreaming session, but you’ll be surprised what comes to light as you guide people through this exercise: clearly defined problems to solve, a sense of direction and – ultimately – the foundations of a plan for achieving your grand vision. Sprint Guide: The Guide takes as an input the Workshop Brief that you built to socialize client buy-in and align team expectations, and uses this to create a series of slides that will be presented out to the Workshop Team as the first activity of the workshop day. The presentation format forces the facilitator to keep it high-level enough for everyone to understand, but specific enough to guide the various activities that will make up the workshop day. Post-WorkshopFacilitator’s Note: I find it best to simply include this in the body of the event invite that you send through Outlook! This Roles and responsibilities workshoptechnique is a great way to learn about each other, define who is responsible for what and streamline your processes. Free content reaches more people than something behind a paywall. When the material is free, it can be shared more easily. It creates authority and builds trust as a reputable source.

This workshop helps you weigh up the power and interest of every possible stakeholder, giving you a clear picture of the expectations you need to meet and how to communicate with everyone involved in your project. Empathy Map Workshop To socialize the opportunity for the client and for our own team members, it’s essential to share out some type of “briefing document” that encapsulates:This is simply a learning phase. There are a number of things here with which you can immerse yourself in, should you desire to learn more about the high-level design sprint process with which you plan to use! Book & Reading List Why we love them: The cards follow the famous SCAMPER creativity method coined by Bob Eberle. This theory assumes that all innovative breakthroughs come from at least one of these principles: