Continued Design Sprints · Facilitator Club

Feb '23 (edited) in Workshops & Exercises 🍔

Continued Design Sprints

Hi fellow facilitators 👋

Recently I have run some continued design sprints, which were building on the initial, more broad design sprint. Although I made some adaptations to the exercises and shortened particularly some of the first day (HMW, make a map), two of the participants gave me the feedback that they wished we could have just gone straight into the sketching.

I gladly accepted the feedback and said I would consider this for future continued design sprints. My brief reasoning on why I did not get rid of these exercises was:

Since there were two new group members and the initial sprint week dated more than 2 months back, I felt it was necessary to reiterate our goals, our sprint questions and perform the HMW.
Also, I somehow feel this breaks people away from their initial thinking and opens the mindset for a different style of work.

What are your experiences on continued design sprints? Do you tweak exercises and if yes, which? How would you respond to this feedback?

Looking forward to the community exchange 😊🍿

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