Google has developed a methodology to make the design process fast and still offer valuable insight. Forget minimum viable products and focus on prototypes and build and test in a week! An article by interaction-design.org.
The Google design sprint operates in a 5 phase process. Each phase takes approximately 1 day to perform (8 hours) and all 5 phases take approximately 40 hours to execute in full.
The 5 phases of Google’s Design Sprint:
- Unpack
- Sketch
- Decide
- Prototype
- Test
You are strongly encouraged to make revisions based on your first sprint and then re-iterate the last two phases.
Google design sprints should help you take a process that currently takes months and make it lean and efficient. It is not a substitute for all design processes but one that lets you ideate and test ideas incredibly quickly.
Links to further resources also provided! Very well done!
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