Design Sprint

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A time-boxed process for rapidly exploring, prototyping, and testing ideas, often over several days with a cross-functional group. In product culture design sprints are used to compress learning before committing to full implementation.

    In plain English: A short intensive process for exploring and testing design ideas quickly.

    Example: "The design sprint did its job because the team discovered in a week that users found the core workflow confusing, saving months of confident wrong execution."

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