Sublime

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

We’ve found the ideal size for a sprint to be seven people or fewer.

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

one day I woke up with a shocking realization: I couldn’t remember the last two months.

Everything is up against everything else all the time.

On Monday, the team creates a map of the problem; on Tuesday, each person sketches one solution; on Wednesday, they decide which solutions are best; on Thursday, they build a prototype; and on Friday, they test it. Each day’s goal is ambitious, but it’s just one thing.

First, the team cleared a full week on their calendars. From Monday to Friday, they canceled all meetings, set the “out of office” responders on their email, and completely focused on one question: How should their robot behave around humans?

To start the conversation, ask your team this question: “Why are we doing this project? Where do we want to be six months, a year, or even five years from now?”