The only end-to-end design sprint training program in the world
Learn the ins and outs of running a successful design, strategy or innovation sprint by working in a team setup through B2B and B2C simulations based on real business case studies. Perfect if you want to:
- Learn every aspect of the sprint process
- Produce reliable, replicable sprint results
- Engineer stakeholder buy-in
- Identify the problems that matter
- Gain the confidence to facilitate like a pro
- Learn how to understand your users
Who is this for?
- UX, design, product & marketing teams who need a fast, effective way to build new products and design better processes
- Large tech teams who are looking to become more user-centric and need a robust framework around which to align
- Innovation teams who need a versatile framework that allows them to create and validate new concepts and models
- Business teams and consultancies who want to de-risk their projects and test new business ideas quickly and reliably
- Digital agencies who want a reliable framework for building and validating new ideas, campaigns & products for clients
Day 1: Problem Framing
A design sprint helps you refine an idea that is good. It doesn’t tell you whether you’re solving the right problem. Our problem framing workshop teaches your team how to work on problems that are well-defined, properly validated and supported by key stakeholders. On this day you will learn how to:
- Define the right challenge for the sprint
- Get the stakeholder’s buy-in
- Make sense of the customer needs, perceptions and expectations
- Pick the right team, experts and target customers
- Gain the confidence that you are tackling a problem worth solving in the Design Sprint
Day 2&3: Design Sprint Training
On these 2 days, you’ll practice the tools & techniques of our re-engineered Design Sprint framework in a simulated sprint scenario
You will learn how to:
- Collaborate with a diverse team within a real business case scenario
- Solve a real problem
- Understand customers need, outline and map their journey
- Sketch innovative solutions in no time
- Storyboard, prototype, and test
- Make sense of customer testing insight
Day 4&5: Advanced Facilitation Training
In the span of 2 intense days, you’ll learn how to plan the design sprint week, communicate assertively, ask compelling questions, and encourage participation from multidisciplinary teams and people.
You will:
- Learn the ground rules, mindset and your role as a Facilitator
- Get the best out of your team: how to tap into their full potential and creativity
- Manage conflicts. Learn how to deal with difficult group dynamics and disruptors.
- Improve assertiveness. Learn to show empathy, while intervening firmly
- Practice facilitation. Facilitate different Design Sprint phases and receive rounds of actionable feedback from your peers.
- Learn how to confidently run a sprint yourself and apply it to your organization
Get Certified as a Design Sprint Master
Once you have completed your five-day training, it’s time to get certified! The certification process is as follows:
Pass the Theoretical Exam (DST)
You’ll be tested via a 76 multiple-choice online questionnaire on these core topics:
- Design sprint prep
- Design sprint phases
- Managing the group dynamics
Pass the Practical Evaluation (DSP)
In this phase, your skills are evaluated by an independent Committee. You will need to submit to the Committee:
- A video of you facilitating
- A Design sprint report
- Two referrals from your sprint team
On successful completion, you will become a Certified Design Sprint Master!
Get 50% off
As part of our Design Sprint Master Training & Certification program, your team will receive 50% off our facilitation toolkits to help them apply their learnings and bring their skills to life.
