Sprint kickoff slides

1. NOTE:
Give this presentation SUPER FAST.
(Like, 5-10 minutes for the whole thing.)

3. Welcome to
the sprint!

4. You’re gonna
build & test a
realistic prototype
in 5 days.

5. Also, do
you know
each other?

6. If not,
SUPER QUICK intros:
Your name
+
2 words
about what you do.

7. Now, some
quick ground
rules:

8. 1.
The Facilitator
is in charge of
the schedule.

9. 2.
The Decider
makes all
tough decisions.

10. 3.
No devices in the room.

11. 3.
No devices in the room.
(You can use them at breaks. Or step out of the room any time.)

12. 3.
No devices in the room.
(Power Gloves are okay.)

13. Preview of
the sprint:

16. Nobody knows
everything, so
you’ll share info.

17. Ask the experts
Talk to one person at a time and take notes.

18. Make a map
This will be a simple diagram with around 5-15 steps.

19. Pick a target
Choose a customer type and a focus on the map.

21. Group
brainstorms don’t
work, so you’ll
sketch alone.

22. Sketch
The process goes step-by-step to make it easy.

23. Your sketches
will look like
this:

25. Haha!
Just kidding.
More like this:

28. You’ll make fast
decisions without
groupthink or
sales pitches.

29. Sticky decision
Choose the best sketches
with silent review and structured critique.

30. Turn the winning
sketches into a
storyboard:

33. A realistic
façade is all you
need to learn
from customers.

34. If your product is on a
screen,
try tools like
Keynote or PowerPoint
and InVision or Marvel.

35. If it’s on
paper,
design it with
Keynote, PowerPoint,
or Word.

36. If it’s a
service,
use your sprint team as
actors.

37. If it’s a
physical space,
modify an
existing space.

38. If it’s an
object,
modify an
existing object,
3D print a prototype,
or prototype the marketing.

40. 5 customer
interviews are
enough to reveal
big patterns.

41. Interview 5 customers, 1:1.

42. The team watches over
video from another room.

43. At the end of the
sprint, you’ll
know what to do
next.

44. Often, it’s
helpful to fix the
prototype and
test it again.

45. FM T W T
If you do 3 sprints in a row…
FTWT FT
…they won’t all take 5 days.

46. Okay,
let’s do it!

47. Psst! Check out the checklist PDF.
thesprintbook.com/tools