[TEMPLATE] Design Sprint

A design sprint is a framework for answering critical business questions by designing, prototyping, and testing ideas with users.

This template will help you create a framework to support divergent and convergent thinking:

• Understand and define the problem

• Sketch out solutions and decide the best path forward

• Wrap up with a team retrospective

You can do this over the course of one day or break it up across multiple days.

To help you understand the problem space, draft a series of "How might we" questions to set up future brainstorming sessions.

1. Start by writing out your problem statement. This could be something like, "New designers need better mentorship to help them understand the design process."

2. Use the Figma "how might we" diagram to draft as many questions that relate to the problem as you can in the time allotted. Begin each question with the phrase "How might we...";

   1. How assumes there's a way to solve the problem.

   2. Might suggests there's more than one possible answer.

   3. We puts the focus on teamwork.

3. Group related "How might we" questions together, then vote on your favorites. You'll turn these into user experience maps in the next section.

Instructions on the Figma design templates

Define who you're building this solution for, using the Figma experience map below and these questions to guide you:

• Who are your users?

• What are their goals and motivations?

• What are their pain points?

Once you're done brainstorming, vote on your focus for the rest of the session and document the results in the Experience mapping output table.

As you start to imagine how your particular solution will solve the problems of your customer, good questions to keep in mind are:

• How are you reaching or serving users?

• What is the end-to-end user experience?

• How do users arrive or begin?

• What is the ideal or target path or flow?

• What are the key moments or touch-points along the way?

• How does the experience end?

Instructions on the Figma design templates

Sketch 8 quick ideas each in 8 minutes. Sketch one idea in each rectangle rather than creating a storyboard. Aim for quantity - don't worry about making your sketches beautiful.

Instructions on the Figma design templates