Week 3 Understanding Design Sprints

Benifits of Design Sprints

- it's all about he user - Value every person in the room - The best ideas rise to the top - time to focus - lowers risks - Versatile Scheduling

what makes a design sprint so useful?

design sprints save time. With a sprint, your team can cut the decision-making process down from several months to a single week.

Fill in the blank: Participating in a retrospective directly after a design sprint __________.

ensures all sprint participants have the opportunity to give feedback.

design sprint

is a time-bound process with five phases typically spread out over five full, eight-hour days. understand, ideate, decide, prototype, and test.

Fill in the blank: When a design team reaches the final phase of a design sprint, they can _____.

test their prototype

Fill in the blank: In a design sprint retrospective, the team works together to review and critique what happened in the sprint _____.

the team just finished

A design sprint brief is a document that UX designers share with participants _____.

to help them prepare for the design sprint

Before launching into a design sprint, you need to review your design challenge and ask yourself these key questions:

Are there many potential solutions to your design challenge? Does a design challenge require people from cross-functional teams to weigh in? Is the design challenge's scope wide enough for a sprint?

What is the role of an entry level UX designer in design sprint planning?

As a new UX designer, your role is to listen, learn and provide feedback. It is a UX designer's role to understand the problem, what the users need and how to fill those needs.

In phase three of a design sprint—the decide phase—what is the team's goal?

Determine which solutions to build

In this step of planning a design sprint, ground rules are established in advance to set the tone for the sprint, get everyone on the same page, and help your team stay focused.

Establish sprint rules

Why is it important to call in industry experts when planning a design sprint?

Experts can help clarify the problem you're trying to solve.

In the Understand phase of a design sprint, designers get a clear picture of the design challenge. What phase would come next?

Ideate

When do design sprint retrospectives usually take place?

Immediately after a design sprint

Which of the design sprint phases involves creating the first version of the proposed solution?

Prototype

What should be included in a design sprint brief? Select all that apply.

Resources Design sprint challenge Project overview

What is the goal of a design sprint?

The goal of a design sprint is to solve a problem through designing, prototyping, and testing ideas with users.

How does a design sprint solve design challenges?

They help designers choose the best design solution.

Design sprints are important because:

They prioritize the user.

Why might a team consider conducting a design sprint? Select all that apply.

To define product directions To develop cross-team strategies To answer questions

A design sprint brief should include the current state of the project and an estimated launch plan.

True

New UX designers are involved in every stage of the decision-making process.

True

Which of the following are important phases of the design sprint process?

Understanding and ideating

Which of the following is a key question that design sprint retrospectives try to answer?

What went well, or can be improved?

Select the statement that best describes design sprint planning.

by talking to the experts, looking at the feedback from customers, gathering a team, and working through a solution, we are better able to provide an enjoyable user experience that meets the business's objectives.