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From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five day process for solving tough problems using design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.The startups that Google Ventures invest in face big questions every day Where s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start What will your ideas look like in real life How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution to a problem Business owners and investors want their companies and the people who lead them to be equipped to answer these questions and quickly And now there s a sure fire way to solve their problems and test solutions the sprint.While working at Google, designer Jake Knapp created a unique problem solving method that he coined a design sprint a five day process to help companies answer crucial questions His sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Chrome to Google X When he moved to Google Ventures, he joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky, both designers and partners there who worked on products like YouTube and Gmail Together Knapp, Zeratsky, and Kowitz have run over 100 sprints with their portfolio companies They ve seen firsthand how sprints can overcome challenges in all kinds of companies healthcare, fitness, finance, retailers, and.A practical guide to answering business questions, Sprint is a book for groups of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to non profits It s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today. Free Download Sprint by Jake Knapp For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Well, I m biased, but I thought it was pretty great Definitely better than the rough draftsYou know what I really like the idea behind Sprint it s a shame I really don t have any practical business applications for this idea However, the book itself is wonderfully designed and packaged to convey direct inf...Creating and evaluating new product features is my world.This book has a double grade If you know nothing about how to limit the scope of your product and validate it, this book is for you It is a decent all in one plan to test a big idea in a week The methodology is sound and fits in with decades of research regard product development and design, as well asrecent work in usability and lean modes of development.The book has judicious guidance on getting the right team together, getting Creating and evaluating new product features is my world.This book has a double grade If you know nothing about how to limit the scope of your product and validate it, this book is for you It is a decent all in one plan to test a big idea in a week The methodology is sound and fits in with decades of research regard product development and design, as well asrecent work in usability and lean modes of development.The book has judicious guidance on getting the right team together, getting focus, sketching, picking ideas to test, building a prototype, and, finally, testing with users and making decisions about the product idea Yay Awesome But.If you know anything about product development and idea testing validation, this is an incredibly annoying book For those of you who know the field, I d give this two or even just one stars.Why Just about every idea in this book is well known in product land But the au...My company Lucidsoftware was actually able to get the book early being backed by Google Ventures We had the chance to read it, and my team actually put the process to the test It really helped us get a better sense of direction and focus for the future, while saving us so much time I think we...Practical guide in how to proper host a Sprint I think it can be a bitconcise, although the checklist at the end is very helpful Following the format saves you a lot of time You still need to keep practising and finetuning your skills by running a lot of Sprints.OverviewBeing a bit of a process geek, I was excited to read Jake Knapp s new book, Sprint, which covers the refined innovation approach that is used at Google Ventures I feel that this book is a must read for executives, digital product owners, as well as designers developers and I would rarely categorize one book as good for all of those demographics.Detailed ReviewOne of the great things about this book is that it takes some of the core aspects of agile lean methodology but boils them into OverviewBeing a bit of a process geek, I was excited to read Jake Knapp s new book, Sprint, which covers the refined innovation approach that is used at Google Ventures I feel that this book is a must read for executives, digital product owners, as well as designers developers and I would rarely categorize one book as good for all of those demographics.Detailed ReviewOne of the great things about this book is that it takes some of the core aspects of agile lean methodology but boils them into a pragmatic and useful framework Focusing on a smaller autonomous team with clear objectives and small batch sizes sounds like a framework for an agile development team, but in this case those concepts are utilized for rapi...Good approach, good outline to follow I can see how it would be helpful for a lot of companies.But what marketing genius came up with that name Not only is it already widely used within the Agile community Scrum sprints , but it also has a different meaning here ...I went into Sprint thinking it was going to be a good book for startups and small businesses I quickly realized many of the tools and actionable insights outlined in the book can apply to organizations of any size and across pretty much any industry I d highly recom...I kept waiting for the wow moment but there really wasn t one It s full of good info if you are new to software development or agile Create prototypes, work with your team, get feedback quicklyIn January 2018 I will be taking part in a Design Sprint, and I ve been reading the book to dig into the details Only then I will feel I have all the information needed to rate the book since it is basically a practical guide to put the methodology in practice.Although there is mostly step by step instructions well explained , there are also some good bits and pieces that are valuable on their own One of my favorite was a chapter on prototyping where they talked about what they refer to as T In January 2018 I will be taking part in a Design Sprint, and I ve been reading the book to dig into the details Only then I will feel I have all the information needed to rate the book since it is basically a practical guide to put the methodology in practice.Although there is mostly step by step instructions well explained , there are also some good bits and pieces that are valuable on their own One of my favorite was a chapter on prototyping where they talked about what they refer to as The Prototype Mindset after listening to the chapter I ran a Google search and found this post ...

Sprint
  • English
  • 25 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 274 pages
  • Jake Knapp
  • Sprint