The document compares design thinking, agile, scrum, and design sprints, outlining their definitions, structures, and purposes. It highlights the collaborative nature of design sprints and their focus on rapid prototyping and iterative solutions, contrasting them with other methodologies in terms of timeframes, scopes, and types of feedback. Additionally, it emphasizes the utility of these frameworks for problem definition and complex product development.

1. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
What’s the difference

2. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
Inception

3. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
1980-1990
Popularized
by IDEO and
d.school
2001
The Agile
Software
Development
Manifesto
2010
Google
Ventures &
Google X

4. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
Definitions

5. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Problem
definition
framework
Problem
solving
framework
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Project
management
framework
Problem
solving
framework

6. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
Structure

7. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Lots of
methods &
tools
Markmichael.io
Different
flavours
(Kanban,
Scrum, etc.)
A five or
four day
recipe

8. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Highly
collaborative
Cross-
functional
teams
Markmichael.io
Highly
collaborative
Cross-
functional
teams
Highly
collaborative
Cross-
functional
teams

9. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Rapid
Prototyping
Instant
feedback -
Qualitative
Data
Markmichael.io
Rapid feature
release
Tardy
feedback -
Quantitative
Analyses
Rapid
Prototyping
Instant
feedback -
Qualitative
Data

10. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
Timeline

11. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Months to
years
Open
ended
Markmichael.io
Weekly
increments
Fixed
delivery
timeframe
Up to 5 days
Time
sensitive

12. DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
DESIGN
SPRINT
Purpose

13. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Broad
scope
Markmichael.io
Scope
determined
by the team
Targeted
scope

14. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Innovative
Solutions
Validated
ideas
Radical
Innovation
Markmichael.io
Incremental
feature
iteration
Innovative
Solutions
Validated
ideas

15. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Useful to
define
problems
Useful to
solve
problems
Markmichael.io
Useful for
complex
product
development
Useful to
solve
problems

16. DESIGN
SPRINT
DESIGN
THINKING
AGILE
SCRUM
Useful to
define
problems
Useful to
solve
problems
Markmichael.io
Useful for
complex
product
development
Useful to
solve
problems

17. DESIGN
SPRINT
Markmichael.io
Useful to
define
problems
Useful to
solve
problems
3.0

18. Day
3
Day
4
Day
2
Day
1
Day
5-6
Prototype
Sketch&
Decide
Test
Understand&
Define
Report
75% focus on
the problem
space
Day
0
1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks
ProblemFraming
Workshop
Gather sources
(qualitative &
quantitative)
Interview internally/
externally
Synthesise data
Draft the Problem
Framing Agenda
Conduct extra research if needed
Define the insights and the
strategy to bring insights into the
Sprint
Validate the Sprint Brief with the
stakeholders
Recruit the right experts and users
DESIGN
SPRINT
3.0
Day
1