Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

The sprint is GV’s unique five-day process for answering crucial questions through prototyping and testing ideas with customers.

The goal of the design sprint is to help companies efficiently answer critical questions by requiring executives to dedicate five consecutive days of (nearly) uninterrupted concentration to the problem at hand.

The four-step sketch contains each of these important elements. You’ll start with twenty minutes to “boot up” by taking notes on the goals, opportunities, and inspiration you’ve collected around the room. Then you’ll have another twenty minutes to write down rough ideas. Next, it’s time to limber up and explore alternative ideas with a rapid sketch

Growth sprints have six steps: Inputs: Gather your customer insights and the data in your growth model, plus any past experiments or ideas. Ideation and Scoring: Triage your ideas to create a shortlist for consideration in the current sprint cycle. Selection: Select the most promising ideas to test. Experiment: Design and run your experiments. Lear