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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
      • 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
    • icon picker
      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
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Thursday: Prototype

On Thursday, you’ll adopt a “fake it” philosophy to turn that storyboard into a prototype.
1. Pick the right tools
2. Divide and conquer
3. Build the prototype
4. Do a trial run
5. Prepare for tomorrow
Thursday is all about illusion. You’ve got an idea for a great solution. Instead of taking weeks, months, or heck, even years building that solution, you’re going to fake it. In one day, you’ll make a prototype that appears real. And on
Friday: Test
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, your customers will react to it.
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1. Pick the right tools
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