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  1. Ways I've experimented with Design Sprints to make them more sustainable.

    I’ve found facilitating a product design sprint really draining for my team and me. Here are a few things that we’ve tried to make them more sustainable.

    Kyle Fiedler
    November 2, 2017
    • Design Sprints
    • Product Design
  2. Things I wish I knew before my first Design Sprint

    Luke reflects on things he’s learnt by facilitating Design Sprints, and asks the thoughtbot design team some of theirs too.

    Luke Mitchell
    September 6, 2017
    • Design Sprint
    • Events
    • Product Design
    • Design
  3. The Remix

    Gather your blocks, then remix them into something ownable.

    Ali Aas
    May 22, 2017
    • Design Sprint
    • Product Design
    • Design
  4. Don't Rush

    The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. Here’s how we prefer to start.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 6, 2017
    • Product Design
    • Process
    • Agile
    • Prototyping
    • User Interface
    • User Experience
    • Design
  5. My First Product Design Sprint

    Product Design Sprints are great for validating ideas and concepts, and developers can both learn and add a lot to them.

    Calle Erlandsson
    July 7, 2016
    • Design
    • Stockholm
    • Product Design
  6. Merck Developer Portal Case Study

    A glimpse into our process from start to finish on a developer portal project for Merck.

    Kyle Fiedler
    September 14, 2015
    • Design
    • Ember
    • Philadelphia
    • Product Design
    • Jobs To Be Done
  7. Test-Driven Product Design

    Development tests drive the process for how we implement new features. Design tests should drive why we are building the features in the first place.

    Kyle Fiedler
    September 8, 2015
    • Design
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  8. How We Use Trello for Product Design and Development

    A walk through of our product design and development process using Trello.

    Kyle Fiedler
    April 8, 2015
    • Design
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    • Jobs To Be Done
  9. Xcode as a Prototyping Tool for Designers

    Xcode can be a great prototyping tool for iOS designers.

    Michelle Venetucci Harvey
    April 7, 2015
    • Design
    • iOS
    • Product Design
  10. Design Sprint Case Study: iOS Coaching at thoughtbot

    How we used a Product Design Sprint to structure iOS coaching at thoughtbot.

    Michelle Venetucci Harvey
    February 25, 2015
    • Design
    • Product Design
    • iOS
    • Coaching
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