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The Official 5-Day Design Sprint
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    • The Official 5-Day Design Sprint
    • Set the stage
      • Sprint basics
      • Big challenge
      • Sprint team
      • Email Summary
    • Monday: Map
      • 1. Introductions
      • 2. Explain the sprint
      • 3. Long-term goal
      • 4. Sprint questions
      • 5. Map
      • 6. Lunch
      • 7. Ask the experts
      • 8. Target
    • Tuesday: Sketch
      • 1. Lightning demos
      • icon picker
        2. Divide or swarm
      • 3. Sketch
        • Example
        • All Crazy 8's
        • All Solutions
      • 4. Begin recruiting
    • Wednesday: Decide
      • 1. Sticky decision
      • 2. Rumble
      • 3. Storyboard
    • Thursday: Prototype
      • 1. Pick the right tools
      • 2. Divide and conquer
      • 3. Build the prototype
      • 4. Do a trial run
      • 5. Prepare for tomorrow
    • Friday: Test
      • 1. Interviews
      • 2. Take Notes
      • 3. Make a plan

2. Divide or swarm

Should you divide the problem?
Take a good look at your map and have a quick team discussion. If you’ve picked a super focused target, it might be fine to skip assignments and have the whole team swarm the same part of the problem. If there are several key pieces to cover, you should divide up.
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