STRATEGY DESIGN SPRINT 
IA CONFERENCE, BERLIN
JUNE 4TH, 2016
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  AUTOMATIC DOORS 
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  AUTOMATIC DOORS 
  BAKEROLL PRISON 
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  BAKEROLL PRISON 
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  GAMIFICATION ? 
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  TEST LAB ? 
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  PRODUCT MARKET FIT ? 
These “solutions” are bad ideas perfectly executed.
LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
1 3
4
2Here it costs
more time & money
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“ANGLED”
UNDERSTAND IDEATION
DEFINE PROTOTYPING
EVALUATION
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LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
 THINKING 
1 3
4
2
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LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
 AGILE 
1 3
4
2
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“ROUND”
HILLS ≈ MVP
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LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
 LEAN 
1 3
4
2
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LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
1 3
4
2
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“ANGLED-ROUNDish”
UNDERSTAND IDEATIONDEFINE PROTOTYPE VALIDATE
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LAUNCHIDEA
BUILD
LEARN
3
2
 SPRINT 
1
4
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 SPRINT 
 TIMEFRAME 
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 STRUCTURE 
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 RESULTS 
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 TOOLS 
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Theexerciseworksbestwhenyousketchseveralvariationsofthesameidea.Takea
favoritepiecefromyourideassheetandaskyourself,“Whatwouldbeanothergood
waytodothis?”Keepgoinguntilyoucan’tthinkofanymorevariations,thenlookback
atyourideassheet,chooseanewidea,andstartriffngonitinstead.
 TEAM 
 & SPACE 
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  1. UNDERSTAND 
Shared knowledge and shared brain
View from/illustrate all angles
Mapping the problem space
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Individual work
Focus and strategy
Not the 1st ready, but many ideas
  2. SKETCH 
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Collaboratively surfacing the best ideas
Narrowing down to what makes sense
Building consensus on solutions
  3. DECIDE 
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Gaining knowledge earlier on what has potential
Rapid Prototyping to test ideas before investing
a ton of time, money, or resources
Real Enough-Experience
  4. PROTOTYPE 
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Most important part of a sprint
Answer the hardest question:
“How good is this idea actually ?”
Immediate feedback from potential users
  5. VALIDATE 
  STRATEGY FOCUS 
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  CHALLENGE STATEMENT 
at the beginning of the sprint:
We will redesign  	{what}	
to improve the experience  	 {for whom}	
because they value  	{why}	
later during the sprint:
by  	 {taking what action}
  EXECUTION TIMELINE 
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NOW SHORT MID 		 and LONG TERM
WHAT IS POSSIBLE ?
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  CANVASES & MAPS 
e. g.
Strategy Canvas & Value Proposition Canvas
for Blue Ocean
Business Model Canvas & Business Origami
for Organisational Prototyping
 PREPARATION 
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BEFORE SPRINT AFT.
WORK
TIME
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  FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK 
Tailored to each task and team
On the fly-adjustments by Sprint Master
Method toolbox, no rigit corset/cookie cutter
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  NO GUESSWORK … 
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  … BUT THINKING & TESTING 
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 BENEFIT 
Ensuring that customer needs have been identified
and looked at from different angles
Several solutions validated in a very short duration
in an early stage & with real users
Clear vision of the actual customer acceptance
before execution/production
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  NO ROCKET SCIENCE … 
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  … BUT A PRACTICAL SHORTCUT 
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Strategy Design Sprint (english) #IAK16