Design Thinking Exercises

This is a running list of exercises to run as a team that are great for understanding, ideation, and collaboratively converging on a solution. We run many of these during a Product Design Sprint.

List of Exercises

• 3/12/3
• Assumption / Test Table
• Backburner Board
• Card Sorting
• Critical Path
• Five Whys
• Group Critique
• Mind Mapping
• Needs Wants Desires
• Pitch Practice
• Problem Statement
• Speedy Eights
• Silent Critique
• Storyboards
• Who What When Where