Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
by Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz
Google Ventures' five-day process: map Monday, sketch Tuesday, decide Wednesday, prototype Thursday, test Friday with five customers. Precise, checklist-driven and adopted everywhere.
Read it if…
you want to test a big idea in a week.
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Skip it if…
you cannot free a team for five days.
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Three things you will actually use
- Five days; one prototype; five customers.
- Decide with the decider, not by consensus.
- Fake it realistically.
Do this first
Schedule a sprint and follow the checklists exactly the first time.
Our verdict
Five days to a tested idea.
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