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Design Sprint Template: How to validate ideas in record time
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Design Sprint Template: How to validate ideas in record time

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Prototype

When all your sketches, ideas, decisions comes together into a realistic prototype you can test with customers.
Great work! You’ve identified a problem and sketched some compelling solutions. You’re ready to prototype a working solution.
The goal is to create a facade that appears to work, just enough to demonstrate to a customer what a real solution might look and feel like.
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Step 1: Choose your prototype tools

Choose which tools you’ll use to create your prototype. Err on using very lightweight tools, such as:
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Balsamiq
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InVision
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Google Slides
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Coda
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Mural
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Figma
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Zapier
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Step 2: Divide up the prototype and assign roles

Prototype Step
Who
Status
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Landing page
Mary Jones
Feeling confident
2
Checkout button
Lola Tseudonym
Blocked
3
Zapier integration
Polly Rose
Ready for feedback
4
Success email
Buck Dubois
Feeling confident
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Step 3: Work on the prototype for...
120
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mins...Ready, go!

Set timer for:
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120
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minutes
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Start timer
Reset
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Time left:
120 mins
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Key Prototype Links

Link to prototype...

Step 4: Practice runs

Run through the stitched-together prototypes and provide feedback. Iterate and repeat as many times as needed.
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Add feedback
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Who
Feedback
Piece
Resolved?
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Felix Marlin
Can we increase the text size on the landing page?
Landing page
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Maria Marquis
The checkout button isn’t clickable for me....is this a bug?
Checkout button
3
Polly Rose
Is it possible to make the button text dynamic?
Checkout button
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Buck Dubois
So smooth! Love this
Zapier integration
5
JH
Justin Hales
The email has a small type in it: finihs should be finish
Success email
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Next up:
Test
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