VENTURE DESIGN SPRINTS

AGENDA OVERVIEW: MOTIVATION

TESTING SPRINT
Alex Cowan

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DAY 1!

INPUTS OUTPUTS
Sprint Checklist Ranked Assumptions
Experiment Prep. Experiment Design(s)
1 Gameplan for Experimentation

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AM Intro. Concepts & Warmup Exercises

AIDAOR Storyboards
Draft Assumptions (Hypotheses)
1 Draft Experiment Ideas

PM Converge Experiment Ideas

Experiment Designs
Game Plan for Experiments

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AM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
Concepts & Warmup Slides
9:00 -9:45 45
Exercises & Questions Post-Its (wide)

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AM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
Concepts & Warmup Slides
9:00 - 9:45 45
Exercises & Questions Post-Its (wide)
5 Explain AIDAOR + Slides
Storyboards
9:45 - 10:30 10 Draft AIDAOR Storyboards Paper, Pencil
30 Around the room on Screen Share
AIDAOR storyboards
10:30 - 10:45 15 Break
10:45 - 11:15 10 Draft Assumptions Google Doc
11:15 - 12:00 10 Let peer read- discuss (ditto)
5 Peers converge (ditto)
20 Around the room on (ditto)
assumptions
12:00 - 1:00 60 Lunch & spillover time

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PM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
Divvy out assumptions
1:00 - 2:15 5 Google Doc
Pair
For each assumption, (ditto)
15 notes on each MVP
approach
15 Peers discuss, converge (ditto)
Post on wall; present;
10
vote; discuss
10 Let peer read- discuss Post-Its
20 Vote; discuss Sticker Dots
2:15 - 2:30 15 Break

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PM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
Divvy out assumptions
5 Google Doc
Pair
For each assumption, (ditto)
15 notes on each MVP
approach
1:00 - 2:15
15 Peers discuss, converge (ditto)
Post on wall; present;
10
vote; discuss
10 Let peer read- discuss Post-Its
20 Vote; discuss Sticker Dots
2:15 - 2:30 15 Break

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POSTING ASSUMPTIONS + EXPERIMENT GROUPS

(assumption)
(experiment
idea- concierge)
(experiment
idea- sales)

(experiment idea-
Wizard of OZ)

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PM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
Divvy out experiment
5 Google Doc
ideas
30 Draft experiment design (ditto)
2:30 - 4:00 (ditto)
15 Peers discuss, converge

40 Present- around the room; (ditto)

discuss
4:00 - 4:10 10 Break (ditto)
Create tasks; Assign tasks
4:10 - 5:00 50 Trello, etc.
Create gameplan

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DAYS 2-4!

INPUTS
Ranked Assumptions
Experiment Design(s)
Gameplan for Experimentation 2 3 4

OUTPUTS
Working Experiments
Results & Metrics

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DAYS 2-4!

AM Set Up Logistics AM, PM AM, PM

PM Experiments Experiments! Experiments!

2 3 4

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DAY 5!

INPUTS
Working Experiments
Results & Metrics
5

OUTPUTS
Tested Propositions
Key Learnings
User Stories
Wireframes

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DAY 5!

AM Propositions
Epics & Storyboards
5 PM Child Stories
Test Cases
Review of UI Patterns, Comparables
Wireframes

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AM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
5 Create Pairs

30 Review (Others) Results Google Doc (?)

9:00 -10:15
25 Discuss (ditto)
30 Time for additional notes, (ditto)
revisions
10 Pair Up, Divvy Out Google Doc
Propositions Template
20 Draft Epics (ditto)
10:15 -11:20
10 Present, Compare (ditto)
10 Converge (ditto)
15 Pair Presentations (ditto)

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AM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
15 Draft Storyboards (in pairs Paper, Pencil
for converged epics)
11:20 -12:00
10 Review, Compare, Update Post-Its (wide)
15 Pair Presentations Sticker Dots
12:00 - 1:00 60 Lunch & Spillover Tie

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PM
TIME MIN ACTIVITY TOOLS
30 Draft Child Stories, Test (ditto)
15 Cases
Let peer read- discuss (ditto)
1:00 - 2:50 20 Peer Convergence- Epics (ditto)
+ Child Stories, Test
20 Group review, discussion
2:50 - 3:00 10 Break
30 Find Patterns &
Comparables
3:00 - 4:15
45 Presentation &
Discussion: around room
30 Draft Wireframes
4:15 - 5:15 30 Presentation &
Discussion: around the
room

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