How I Run A Design Sprint (UX Framework)

A step-by-step of how I run a design sprint 2.0 (4-days) with clients and companies.
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The Design Sprint is a process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers. A process I recommend for any UX designers.
00:55 - What is a design sprint?
01:02 - Why run a design sprint?
01:15 - Design sprint process
02:44 - How to be a confident facilitator
05:09 - How to design sprint slides
05:53 - Dangers of not doing design sprints
07:59 - Design sprint guides & templates
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[@UXChrisNguyen]

What's your favourite thing about the Design Sprint?

[@Mikkelzu]

See we did a design sprint recently, and we have no designers on the team (startup, budget etc etc you know the deal). I'm the most experienced engineer, and I instantly saw nothing but my time being wasted as an engineer. Especially given the context where for instance is asked not to explain the idea or thought, good luck getting an engineer who's entire job is to explain complexity. I think if I were a designer (UI or UX) I would probably have a completely different opinion, but I went into engineering because I have no eye for design and I have no passion for it either. I prefer tables over charts, I prefer black and white over gradients and the lot. How would you then go ahead and look at it from this point of view? For me, I essentially lost 2 weeks of productivity and it has left me feeling extremely depleted from these long, intense days whilst also not actually being able to work on the things that interest me the most (and where my expertise lies). I'm trying to gather as much information as I can for my product manager to give him my unsalted yet at least somewhat accurate opinion. So I guess the main question would be, what is the value of a design sprint for an engineer who has 0 experience or passion for anything to do with design (lets not take systems, architecture etc as design because my manager already tried to spin that on me lol)

[@UXChrisNguyen]

The value of the design sprint (for engineers or whomever) is to get everyone on the same page, provide ideas, and talking collaborate of the beginning of any project. Coming into from the mindset of “design is not for me” my be biasing the value of the sprint. Essentially, the facilitator needs to explain well why you’re here. If you found 0 value or didn’t want to add value to the sprint, then you shouldn’t be there. You’re there so people could lean on your expertises.

[@Mikkelzu]

@@UXChrisNguyen So essentially, if I were there as an engineer then I should be able to provide the perspective of an engineer? Because for me, our entire engineering team were told to not think like engineers but try to think like designers instead. But we have no experience or any design philosophy knowledge. Then isn't a design sprint for engineers just 1 long tech design meeting until there are tickets made for us to build something?

[@UXChrisNguyen]

Yes, experts are there to provide their perspective. Whomever, told you not to be an engineer is wrong. It's the facilitators job to bring out the value from you guys. Let me know if you team needs help facilitating the next design sprint @@Mikkelzu