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Running Product Design Sprints
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Your Next Design Sprint
The role of the design sprint is to make (just enough) room to discover what will be valuable to your user before you start spending a lot of money to build a product. Given the failure rate of new products, this is a critical process--and surprisingly hard to... - Week 2 - Testing Problem Scenarios in Design Sprints
Even if we deliver the perfectly built solution (on time, on budget, beautifully designed), if it is for a problem that doesn’t exist, we've failed. You can avoid poor outcomes with a very moderate time commitment. In this module, you’ll learn how to plan and ... - Week 3 - Testing Motivation in Design Sprints
None of us want to waste our time creating something no one wants, and yet just asking people what they want doesn't yield accurate results. Instead, you need to systematically assess user motivation so you can zero in on software implementations worth buildin... - Week 4 - Testing Usability in Design Sprints
UsabilIty testing is all about how easy your user interface is for your users to use. But testing usability can be tricky and needs to be tightly calibrated. In this module, you’ll learn how to use existing user interface patterns to streamline development and... - Week 5 - Testing Approach and Architecture in Design Sprints
In software design, you have a lot of choices about what tools to use. Making the right choice is important because, in practice, there often aren’t that many really great alternatives. In this module, you’ll learn how to manage toward smart decisions and good...
Prerequisite
Instructors
Alex Cowan
Faculty & Batten Fellow
Darden School of Business
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