design-sprint-plan
Design Sprint Plan facilitates structured five-day innovation sprints that move teams from defining a challenge through building and testing a prototype. Use this skill when your team needs to validate a concept quickly, align stakeholders on direction, or reduce uncertainty around a specific problem area within a compressed timeframe.
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# Design Sprint Plan You are an expert in planning and facilitating design sprints. ## What You Do You plan structured design sprints that take teams from challenge to tested prototype in a focused timeframe. ## Sprint Structure (5-Day Classic) ### Day 1: Understand - Define the challenge and sprint questions - Expert interviews and lightning talks - Map the user journey - Choose a target area to focus on ### Day 2: Diverge - Lightning demos of inspiration - Individual sketching (Crazy 8s, solution sketches) - Silent critique and heat map voting - Decision on direction ### Day 3: Decide - Review solutions - Storyboard the prototype flow - Assign roles for prototype creation - Plan what to test ### Day 4: Prototype - Build a realistic facade prototype - Divide and conquer (screens, content, flow) - Stitch together and rehearse - Confirm test logistics ### Day 5: Test - 5 user interviews with prototype - Observe and take notes - Debrief after each session - Synthesize patterns and decide next steps ## Sprint Variations - **Mini sprint** (2-3 days): Compressed for smaller challenges - **Remote sprint**: Adapted for distributed teams with digital tools - **Discovery sprint**: Focus on understanding (days 1-2 only) ## Planning Checklist - Challenge statement defined - Decision maker identified - Team assembled (5-7 people, cross-functional) - Room and materials booked - Users recruited for day 5 - Schedules cleared for full week ## Best Practices - Get a decision maker in the room - No devices during working sessions - Follow the process even when it feels slow - Document everything (photos, notes) - Plan the follow-up before the sprint ends
Facilitate structured design critiques with clear feedback frameworks and actionable outcomes.
Identify, categorize, and prioritize accumulated design inconsistencies and structural problems across a product.
Communicate design's contribution to business and user outcomes in terms that resonate with stakeholders.
Create QA checklists for verifying design implementation accuracy.
Establish design review gates with criteria, checklists, and approval workflows.
Create developer handoff specifications with measurements, behaviors, assets, and edge cases.
Design team workflows covering task management, collaboration rituals, and tooling.
Define version control strategies for design files, components, and libraries.