Do I need a Design Sprint?
An interactive flowchart to help you determine if you need to run a Design Sprint for your project.
What would be the level of impact on your company if the potential solution fails?
🙅 No Sprint 🙅♂️
A project with minimal risk to the organisation may not need as much time on ideation.
Do you already have an idea or solution?
Design Sprints are excellent for new ideas, current solutions, business problems, and prospective opportunities.
Great! 👍🏽 What are you trying to prove at this stage of your idea?
Super! 🤩 What's your level of confidence that your idea is the right one?
🎉 Woohoo! A Design Sprint is right for your idea! 🎉
Research alone isn't enough. The Design Sprint ensure you are getting buy-in from the relevant stakeholders and get a definite yes/no answer to your idea.
🙅 No Sprint 🙅♂️
If your idea is a 🧠 no brainer 🧠, a Design Sprint will produce few learnings or insights.
🙅 No Sprint 🙅♂️
If you already proved desirability through user input, then a Design Sprint will feel redundant.
All good! 😇 How familiar are you with the opportunity market?
Unexplored market
I'm an expert in a steady market
🔮 A Design Sprint may be right for your opportunity! 🔮
If you are an expert in a stable market, you may not need to spend as much time on exploration and validation. However, a sprint can help a lot to make things more tangible and clear.
Awesome! 🤟🏼 How complex is the opportunity?
Opportunities that benefit most from Design Sprints are either offering something new to the market or working to enhance value in a changing market.
🙅 No Sprint 🙅♂️
If your opportunity is relatively simple, a Design Sprint will feel excessive.
🎉 Woohoo! A Design Sprint is right for your opportunity! 🎉
Design Sprints help break down complexity and define what is required for all parties to succeed when there are various stakeholders or competing requirements.
