How To Run Amazing Remote Design Sprints!
Channel: AJ&Smart
Date: 2020-03-24

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How do you run a Remote Design Sprint successfully? We’ve facilitated hundreds of Design Sprints over the years, and in this video we’ll share the processes, tools and techniques on how we run a 100% Remote Design Sprint!

Check out our FREE Ultimate Guide To Running Remote Design Sprints here:
https://ajsmart.com/remotedesignsprints

If you’re looking to run and host Remote Design Sprints for your clients, business, or teams, this is not one to miss! 

** Timestamped sections and all tools / resources are further down in this description! **

This video is taken from a recording of a live webinar, usually reserved for our Design Sprint Masterclass community, on Remote Design Sprints that we have opened up to the public!

Featuring AJ&Smart CEO Jonathan Courtney, and our Product Design Director Tim Höfer. 

We’ll cover off: The Structure of our remote Design Sprints, our pre-client survey, how we use Miro, how we run specific Sprint exercises, such as; The Map, Lightning Demos, Solution Concepts, User Test Flows and Storyboards, along with an in-depth Q&A from the webinar audience towards the end.

 Key Timestamped Sections:

 (00:00) - Intro

 (01:45) - Webinar Starts

(02:41) - How We Run Remote Design Sprints (Intro)

(03:29) - The Structure

(14:49) - Pre-Client Survey

(23:08) - How We Use Miro

 (27:18) - Specific Sprint Exercises

(33:40) - Lightning Demos

(33:05) - Solution Concepts

(37:11) - User Test Flows & Storyboard 

(39:01) - User Testing & The ‘Wall Of Justice’

 (42:36) - What Does The (Remote) Storyboard Look Like?

(46:10) - Remote Design Sprints Webinar Q&A

 (46:18) Q1 - Which sections of the Remote Sprint are ‘online’ and asynchronous (and homework)? And which bits are undertaken remotely in real time?

 (47:06) Q2 - 3 Part Sketching / Concept Sketching = How much time is allocated, and when?

(48:56) Q3 - How do we deal with technical issues, quickly and professionally?

(51:15) Q4 - Which whiteboard / project tools do we prefer - Miro or Mural?! 

(53:11) Q5 - If we had to choose between ‘fully remote’ and ‘fully In-person’ which would we choose, and why?

(55:02) Q6 - The tech stack / tools we use at AJ&Smart for remote sprint projects!

(58:25) - Outro and closing statements.

 *** Resources and Tools mentioned: ***

 Miro (for remote sprint exercises / digital whiteboard): https://miro.com/
 
Zoom (for video conferencing): https://zoom.us/

Loom (for recording user testing calls): https://www.loom.com/

Basecamp (for all client updates): https://basecamp.com/

Notion (for internal project management and databasing): https://www.notion.so/

Slack (for internal comms): https://slack.com/

Blue Yeti Microphone (for recording audio in better quality): https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphone-Blackout-Two-Section-Broadcast/dp/B07H2MBXFF/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=Blue+Yeti&qid=1585035869&sr=8-9

Webcam - Logitech C920 HD Pro - https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/product/hd-pro-webcam-c920

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Remote Design Sprints (A Behind The Scenes Webinar) 2020:
https://youtu.be/IFHfsRNTGCM