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Product Design Sprint Articles

Written by thoughtbot, your expert partner for design and development.

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  1. PDS Kit - What happens on Day 1?

    If you are following along with our Design Sprint Kit video playlist, this blog will shine a light on the activities you will be doing on Day 1 of your Product Design Sprint.

    Ferdia Kenny
    February 16, 2024
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  2. Introducing the Product Design Sprint Kit by thoughtbot!

    This step-by-step guide allows you to follow along with our design experts as they teach you the first steps you need to take to turn your brilliant idea into a reality by running a Product Design Sprint. And best of all, it’s completely free!

    Rami Taibah and Ferdia Kenny
    January 31, 2024
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  3. Using a design sprint to find focus for an AI solution

    How we modified the traditional design sprint to explore an AI solution for thoughtbot’s own scheduling challenges.

    Alex Chen and Madeline Jimenez
    December 28, 2023
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Machine Learning
    • Product Design Sprint
  4. What does a designer do during a product discovery sprint?

    How to help your team discover the right product using your design chops.

    Vendela Colavecchio
    November 28, 2023
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    • Validation
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  5. What does a developer do during a product discovery sprint?

    How to help your team discover the right product using your technical know-how.

    Dave Iverson
    September 1, 2023
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  6. We're Building a New Design Sprint Guide

    We’ve been running design sprints for over 10 years, it’s time for us to share everything we know about them in an updated guide.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 17, 2023
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  7. Using A Silent Activity To Get Group Buy-In

    We walkhtrough how we use a silent sorting activity to help hear from all stakeholders and align the group on a singular product strategy.

    Kelly Gebo
    January 28, 2022
    • Product Strategy
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    • Product Roadmap
    • Strategy
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  8. Say ‘Yes’ to More Ideas With The Innovation Challenge

    thoughtbot can help your team by enabling them to use product and design-thinking to innovate faster.

    Kelly Gebo
    May 11, 2021
    • Product Design
    • Product Design Sprint
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  9. A conversation can be an output

    Rapidly and inexpensively de-risking ideas by talking to people is the true power of a Design Sprint.

    Eric Bailey
    March 23, 2021
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  10. How 3 hours of conversation saved a company hundreds of thousands of dollars

    De-risking ideas early and often is an effective, enlightening way of figuring out the how.

    Eric Bailey
    February 19, 2021
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