Braden Kowitz added story-centered design to the sprint process, an unconventional approach that focuses on the whole customer experience instead of individual components or technologies.

Bring the troublemaker Before every sprint, we ask: Who might cause trouble if he or she isn’t included? We don’t mean people who argue just for the sake of arguing. We mean that smart person who has strong, contrary opinions, and whom you might be slightly uncomfortable with including in your sprint.

At Columbia and Stanford, professors have adapted the sprint process by having students do one “day” each class session (either in class, or as homework with their team). Dividing the process will create a lack of continuity, and a lot of “boot up” time each session. Help students out by encouraging them to take lots of photos. If possible, let

The method is called How Might We. It

It also creates a subtle shift from uncertainty (which is uncomfortable) to curiosity (which is exciting).

Here are three challenging situations where sprints can help:

Monday begins with an exercise we call Start at the End: a look ahead – to the end of the sprint week and beyond.

straw poll as a way to give your Decider some advice. It’s a straightforward exercise: 1. Give everyone one vote (represented by a big dot sticker – we like pink). 2. Remind everyone of the long-term goal and sprint questions. 3. Remind everyone to err on the side of risky ideas with big potential. 4. Set a timer for ten minutes. 5. Each person

On Monday, Savioke reviewed everything they knew about the problem.