Design Sprints

Design Sprints are a five-day process for validating ideas and solving challenges through prototyping and user testing.

More Innovation Glossaries

Creative Strategy

Creative Strategy: A roadmap blending imaginative thinking with business goals to craft novel and effective solutions to complex challenges.

Resistance to Change

Resistance to change is a phenomenon when individuals, teams, or organizations oppose changes within their environment.

Fail Fast

Fail fast encourages rapid experimentation to test hypotheses, quickly discard unsuccessful paths, and pivot to successive iterations.

Top Design Sprints Resources

CIOReview: The Amalgamation of Strategy and Execution

Changepoint offers an Enterprise Architecture Management platform that maps an enterprise's architecture in real-time, providing actionable insights for organizations undergoing transformational changes.

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Characteristics Needed to Excel at Capacity Planning and Resource Management

Mature organizations excel in capacity planning and resource management by having insight into what people are working on and running on-demand scenarios to adapt to change.

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The Visual Project Charter™ and Remote Project Management

Creating a project charter can be a daunting task, but the Visual Project Charter™ can make it easier, especially when working remotely.

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The Network Is Your Customer - David Rogers on 5 Strategy Implications

David Rogers' book "The Network Is Your Customer" examines how networks connect and change individuals. In this speech, he shares 5 customer behaviors that brands need to address in their business model.

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Design Sprint Videos - Innovation Training | Design Thinking Workshops

Learn about design sprints and innovation in just a week! We've compiled a list of design sprint videos that will help you get started.

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Design Thinking Case Studies

Learn about successful implementation of design thinking through case studies, including Burberry and UberEats.

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Design Thinking + Creative Confidence = Continuous Innovation | Innov8rs

IDEO's approach to innovation is based on Design Thinking, which moves back and forth between Inspiration, Ideation, and Implementation to create tangible innovations.

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New Work Management App: Planning, Teamwork and Personal To-Dos in One Tool

Projectplace releases new app for work and project management with a fixed price model for teams.

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Use-It-or-Lose-It Budgets: A Guide to Maximizing UIOLI

Use-It-or-Lose-It (UIOLI) budget system promotes launching projects that would cost money in the coming year with this year’s budget. Here's a guide to maximizing the benefits of UIOLI budget funds.

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Webinar: Idea Evaluation Matrix - How to evaluate ideas at scale

Evaluating ideas is important but time-consuming. An idea evaluation matrix can help rank ideas efficiently based on factors like time, cost, impact, and alignment with strategic goals.

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What is Design Thinking: Ways to Define Design Thinking |

Design thinking is a customer-centered approach to innovation that involves problem-solving, empathy, experimentation, collaboration, and a human-centered focus.

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How Peloton Uses Consumer Insights To Drive Innovation

Peloton's success lies in its superior analysis of consumer insights and alignment with lifestyle and technological trends, offering a unique and personalized fitness experience to customers.

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Innovation Archetypes

Discover the four archetypes of innovation and how they impact the corporate environment.

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Four Tools that Help Organizations Expand their Line of Sight and Move Ahead

Organizations must have tools, including dashboards, centralized document repositories, collaborative work management solutions, and task management to adapt to change and uncertainty to achieve business success.

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Integrate Tricentis Tosca and Micro Focus ALM to improve software product quality

Combining manual and automated testing tools through integration can lead to improved speed and quality in software products.

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Prepare to Set Sail in the Choppy Waters of Digital Transformation

Organizations must adjust their mindset and broaden their toolset to navigate digital transformation and disruption. Work and resource management can offer greater agility and alignment, but organizations must embrace new ways of managing and executing work.

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Rethink Planning: Managing the Annual Plan Against Incoming Demand and Change

Experts recommend more frequent, ad hoc or monthly reviews of annual plans for successful planning and portfolio monitoring.

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Urgently Wanted: The Design Driven Manager

Design Thinking skills are necessary for managers to navigate the complex challenges of the 21st century. It involves empathy, co-creation, learning by doing, and holistic thinking.

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Continuous Architecture: Delay Design Decisions and Architect for Change

Continuous Architecture: Delay Design Decisions and Architect for Change

Delay design decisions and architect for change to achieve business agility.

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Daily, Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports: Why They Matter

Daily, Weekly and Monthly Progress Reports: Why They Matter

Project progress reports are essential for project managers to track progress, but how often should they be delivered? Here's a breakdown of what should be included in daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

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Design Sprint Training - Innovation Training | Design Thinking

Design Sprint Training - Innovation Training | Design Thinking

Google Ventures' Design Sprint is a 5-day approach to innovation that combines design thinking, lean startup, and agile methodologies.

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Launching Innovations: The Do’s and Don’ts

Launching Innovations: The Do’s and Don’ts

Launching new initiatives is critical for innovation leaders, but it requires effective delegation, visibility, and accountability. Avoid micromanaging, taking credit, and blaming others for failure.

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Resources for Your Next Design Sprint Workshop |

Resources for Your Next Design Sprint Workshop |

Discover top resources, tools, and tips for hosting a successful design sprint workshop in this article.

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The limitations, criticisms and new pathways for Design Thinking – Part two

The limitations, criticisms and new pathways for Design Thinking – Part two

Design thinking has become a popular methodology, but it needs to be more strategic and holistic to tackle complex challenges. The approach needs to evolve, and develop skills and methodologies that tackle real problems within organizations.

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Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean

Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean

To date, the literature on innovation has focused on either radical, technology-driven innovation or incremental, market-pulled innovation.

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IDEO designkit

IDEO designkit

Think of these Methods as a step-by-step guide to unleashing your creativity.

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Remote Design Sprint template

Remote Design Sprint template

Accelerate innovation by running a Design Sprint with a distributed team.

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