Workshop delivered at St. Louis Product Camp 2017 trying some sprint activities from the book and sharing our experience with sprints.

1. Lois Lewis
@loistweet
Martha Valenta
@marthavalenta

2. Welcome to
the sprint!

3. You’re gonna
build & test a
realistic prototype
in 5 days.

4. Also, do
you know
each other?

5. If not,
SUPER QUICK intros:
Your name
+
2 words
about what you do.

6. Now, some
quick ground
rules:

7. 1.
The Facilitator
is in charge of
the schedule.

8. 2.
The Decider
makes all
tough decisions.

9. 3.
No devices in the room.

10. 3.
No devices in the room.
(You can use them at breaks. Or step out of the room any time.)

11. 3.
No devices in the room.
(Power Gloves are okay.)

12. Preview of
the sprint:

15. Nobody knows
everything, so
you’ll share info.

16. Ask the experts
Talk to one person at a time and take notes.

17. Make a map
This will be a simple diagram with around 5-15 steps.

18. Pick a target
Choose a customer type and a focus on the map.

20. Group
brainstorms don’t
work, so you’ll
sketch alone.

21. Sketch
The process goes step-by-step to make it easy.

22. Your sketches
will look like
this:

24. Haha!
Just kidding.
More like this:

27. You’ll make fast
decisions without
groupthink or
sales pitches.

28. Sticky decision
Choose the best sketches
with silent review and structured critique.

29. Turn the winning
sketches into a
storyboard:

32. A realistic
façade is all you
need to learn
from customers.

33. If your product is on a
screen,
try tools like
Keynote or PowerPoint
and InVision or Marvel.

34. If it’s on
paper,
design it with
Keynote, PowerPoint,
or Word.

35. If it’s a
service,
use your sprint team as
actors.

36. If it’s a
physical space,
modify an
existing space.

37. If it’s an
object,
modify an
existing object,
3D print a prototype,
or prototype the marketing.

39. 5 customer
interviews are
enough to reveal
big patterns.

40. Interview 5 customers, 1:1.

41. The team watches over
video from another room.

42. At the end of the
sprint, you’ll
know what to do
next.

43. Often, it’s
helpful to fix the
prototype and
test it again.

44. FM T W T
If you do 3 sprints in a row…
FTWT FT
…they won’t all take 5 days.

45. Okay,
let’s do it!

46. TGIM’s (Monday’s) is a family owned and
operated local restaurant located near a
busy downtown University Campus. Its
clientele are mainly students and
university staff. The restaurant is losing
business to other new local eateries

47. Your role?
Experts
Deciders
Facilitator

48. Key Ideas:
• Start at the end
• Nobody knows
everything
• Reframe problems as
opportunities

49. Facilitator Tips
• Ask for permission. Ask the group for permission to facilitate. Ex-plain that
you’ll try to keep things moving, which will make the sprint more efficient for
everyone.
• ABC: Always be capturing. Synthesize the team’s discussion into notes on
the whiteboard. Improvise when needed. Keep asking, “How should I capture
that?”
• Ask obvious questions. Pretend to be naive. Ask “Why?” a lot.
• Take care of the humans. Keep your team energized. Take breaks every
sixty to ninety minutes. Remind people to snack and to eat a light lunch.
• Decide and move on. Slow decisions sap energy and threaten the sprint
timeline. If the group sinks into a long debate, ask the Decider to make a call.

50. Psst! Check out the checklist PDF.
thesprintbook.com/tools