Design Sprints - The School Of Design

SPECIALIST COURSE

Design sprints

Learn the much acclaimed and proven
design methodology, that helps you build
and test products in 4 days.

SPECIALIST COURSE

Design sprints

Learn the much acclaimed and proven design methodology, that helps you build and test products in 4 days.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THIS COURSE?

■ Learn a process that will help you and your team create and test products and services faster.

■ Deep dive into a design process that is used by most successful companies.

■ Stay competitive as a designer, as this is a process that is becoming more and more requested at job applications.

■ You can learn while working on a business challenge that you have.

WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN THIS COURSE?

■ Learn a process that will help you and your team create and test products and services faster.

■ Deep dive into a design process that is used by most successful companies.

■ Stay competitive as a designer, as this is a process that is becoming more and more requested at job applications.

■ You can learn while working on a business challenge that you have.

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WHY DESIGN SPRINTS?

Design Sprints are a methodology that has been long acclaimed. They originate, as a methodology, from Google Ventures, where they organically started using this process, as a way to test ideas faster. There’s also a book written by Jake Knapp, titled just like that, The Design Sprint, in which you can read how it all started and some examples of how and when they used the design sprint.

And, as it usually is the case, organic things don't originate only in one place, the same goes for design sprint. We dare say it was probably a process that, in many different ways, was tested and perfected in software development processes. Around the same time, the folks we admire so much from Design Sprint Academy, have had experiences in running and improving sprints of designing products.

As the design sprint gained traction and a big number of fans, facilitators and companies telling successful stories, it changed and changed, organically, as such processes need to. And we’ll tackle those changes as well.

WHY DESIGN SPRINTS?

Design Sprints are a methodology that has been long acclaimed. They originate, as a methodology, from Google Ventures, where they organically started using this process, as a way to test ideas faster. There’s also a book written by Jake Knapp, titled just like that, The Design Sprint, in which you can read how it all started and some examples of how and when they used the design sprint.

And, as it usually is the case, organic things don't originate only in one place, the same goes for design sprint. We dare saying it was probably a process that, in many different ways, was tested and perfected in software development processes. Around the same time, the folks we admire so much from Design Sprint Academy, have had experiences in running and improving sprints of designing products.

As the design sprint gained traction and a big number of fans, facilitators and companies telling successful stories, it changed and changed, organically, as such processes need to. And we’ll tackle those changes as well.

This program is designed to give you everything you need to know about design sprints, when to use them, how they work, what are the benefits, as well as the ingredients that make a successful design sprint, while actually attending one.

Also, as many companies have gotten into online workshops in the last few years, you will also get to grasp the differences between online and offline design sprints.

As part of the program, you will first receive rich insights into the design sprint methodology, and afterwards you will experience actual sprints, while working on real challenges, in teams of 6-7 people.

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IN A NUTSHELL

■ 1 month online & offline program

■ Cohort of 25 people

■ Working in teams of 6-7 people on real projects

■ 8-10 hours workload

■ 2 weekly calls - 1 course of 2 hours, 1 debrief call of 1.5 hour

■ Fee: 1.000 eur

■ Alumni fee: 500 eur

■ When: May 2022

IN A NUTSHELL

■ 1 month online & offline program

■ Cohort of 25 people

■ Working in teams of 6-7 people on real projects

■ 8-10 hours workload

■ 2 weekly calls - 1 course of 2 hours, 1 debrief call of 1.5 hour

■ Fee: 1.000 eur

■ Alumni fee: 500 eur

■ When: May 2022

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PROFESSORS

Catalina is a self made designer, with a strong background in building digital experiences, leading the design and creation of products such as ING’s internet banking in Romania or FIFA WorldCup 2018, as a lead designer in the Romanian Electronic Arts Studio.

She’s been also creating learning experiences in UX Design since 2017, be it as part of Informal School of IT, Romanian Association for UX, in house for companie, or, since 2019, for what is now known as The School of Design which she co-founded and coordinates.

For this course, together with Adelina she designed an experience aimed at giving you the lenses you need to become better at running design sprints and validating solutions faster.

Adelina is a design professional with 7 years of experience in working with digital products, in industries like consulting and banking. She is a certified trainer and has attended highly-rated instructional programs such as Design Sprint Academy’s “Design Sprint 3.0”, “Problem Framing” and “Advanced Facilitation” courses. She describes herself as a curious and restless person, willing to make a difference.

She manages a team of 6 people who partner with other teams to bring to life valuable products and services for Banca Transilvania. With her multidisciplinary team of design specialists, she applies different design processes to ensure the best results.

She is systemic, analytical, solver and maker, explorer and has an interesting mix of skills that brought her to where she is today.

MAIN PILLARS OF THIS COURSE

1. What are design sprints

Methodology
History
Comparison with other methodologies
Benefits of design sprints

2. How to prepare for a design sprint

How do you know when to run a design sprint
Framing the problem
Preparation and research before the sprint
Stakeholders buy-in
How to assemble the right team
The importance of a good sprint brief

3. How to run a design sprint

Preparing the stage, the agenda
Running a sprint:
Day 1 - Understand the problem, empathize with your customers, define the sprint objectives and choose a specific challenge to focus on
Day 2 - Sketch possible solutions and decide on the one to be prototyped
Day 3 - Prototype your solution
Day 4 - Test your solution with real users
Post sprint follow up and next phases

4. Online versus offline sprints

Differences between the classical sprint and remote sprints, besides the obvious
Tools and enablers for a successful remote sprint
Common challenges and pitfalls of running remote sprints

5. Run your design sprint + on facilitation skills

Practice by running a real design sprint!
Go through all the stages, as a facilitator, from problem framing to research & discovery, assembling all the insights in a comprehensive matter, preparing your materials and setting the stage, all the way to acually running a 4-day on-site sprint and holding a retrospective meeting.

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FOR WHO IS THIS COURSE

For designers (product, UX, CX, SX, etc) who want to learn all the ins and outs of a design sprint.

For product managers, product owners or project managers who need to discover a quick way to choose a solution to their challenges and test it with real users.

For everybody else who heard of design sprints, the buzzes, the acclamations, the critiques and who want to understand more about how to actually make a success out of a design sprint.

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