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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Press (10 Mar. 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0593076117
  • ISBN-13: 978-0593076118
  • Product Dimensions: 15.8 x 2.4 x 23.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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"Sprint offers a transformative formula for testing ideas that works whther you're at a startup or a large organization. Within five days, you'll move from idea to prototype to decision, saving you and your team countless hours and countless dollars. A must read for entrepreneurs of all stripes." (Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup)

"Read this book and do what it says if you want to build better products faster." (Ev Williams, founder of Medium, Twitter and Blogger)

"Sprint offers powerful methods for hatching ideas, solving problems, testing solutions – and finding the habits that make all the right behaviours fall in to place." (Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit)

"Every business leader I know worries about the same thing: are we moving fast enough? The genius of Jake Knapp's Sprint is its step-by-step breakdown of what it takes to solve big problems and do work that matters with speed and urgency. A Sprint is a cure for what ails companies in an ever faster world." (Beth Comstock, Vice Chair of GE)

"Sprint teaches you a novel process for solving really thorny problems in just 5 days. It's full of helpful, entertaining stories that will make it easier for you to succeed. What more, exactly, would you demand from a book? I wish all business books were this useful." (Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick, Switch, and Decisive)

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From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough business problems, proven at more than 100 companies.

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3.0 out of 5 starsUse with care - this solves the Discovery phase but not the Design phase.
By S. Dean on 3 July 2016
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For those hoping to have a fully fledged design solution at the end of five days then you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you want to get through the 'what are we going to make' for a set project then this may well work. The heavily prescriptive nature of the book is designed to get through log jams in large organisations. Just don't expect these five days to be all that is required. First of all, there is a lot of organisation before-hand to ensure everyone can do these five days. You need a very good project manager to make this work and an organisation where people can set aside enough time.

In terms of methods in this book - well, I work in User Experience and have used, at different times, all the methods described in this book, only never in such a focused and intense way. If a product owner said they wanted to follow this book by the letter I'd be very happy as it means things will get decided. If they then thought that on the Monday after the devs can start building I might have to explain the difference between a discovery phase of a project and the design phase.

In short - "Discovery" is where you explore the problem, sketch out the problem and test some high-level solutions. You have a semi-validated hypothesis. This is infinitely better than having a vague brief or a set of features. The Design phase is where you then iterate that idea and turn it into a solid working solution, this takes more than five days! So, in reality, you will partly solve big problems in five days but in doing so you get a lot of buy-in from across the company, collect some vital information and generally start in a very good place.

I'd recommend all UX people read this book just so they can let others know that these five days exist in a landscape of ongoing work.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHere is a unique methodology “to solve big problems, test new ideas, get more done, and do it faster”
By Robert Morris TOP 100 REVIEWER on 4 May 2016
Format: Hardcover
With John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz, Jake Knapp explains how to solve the biggest problems, answer the most difficult questions and/or generate the best ideas with what he characterizes as a “sprint team.” Knapp invented the Google Ventures process and has run more than a hundred sprints with startups. However, the same process — with only minor modification — will work within any organization, whatever its size and nature may be,

What’s involved initially?

1. Recruit a team of seven (or fewer).

o Decider (group leader)
o Facilitator (results-driven navigator)
o Finance expert (best knows your organization’s finances)
o Marketing expert (competitive environment)
o Customer expert
o Tech/logistics expert
o Design expert

2. Identify most important problem to solve, most important question to answer, etc.
3. Identify “expert” candidates, perhaps from outside the organization to include on an as-needed basis.

Think of a sprint team as analogous to a SWAT team or SEAL Team Six. It has a tightly-structured five-day schedule to complete its assignment. The sprint process is easy to explain and Knapp has no doubt about what can be accomplished. “Sprints offer a path to solve big problems, test new ideas, get more done, do it better, and do it faster. They also allow you to have more fun along the way. In other words, you’ve absolutely got to try one for yourself. Let’s get to work.”

Yes, that’s right: Each sprint is a five-day process.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsGoing to recommend it to all the people I know
By Helpful Advice TOP 100 REVIEWER on 25 Mar. 2016
Format: Paperback
I’m pleasantly surprised with this book and will of these guys to share their great experience. Certainly these people have lot of knowledge about resolving real issues the startup teams are having.

And what is great, they are willing to share their knowledge and expertise how to deal with these problems. And basically this is Sprint – 5 day method/technique presented on the actual cases providing insight into the real life problems instead of type of knowledge you can read in books.

Sprint offers practical solutions, checklists, tips and advices – exactly type of things I was looking for, making this book highly applicable for numerous situations you can find yourself in.

I was happy to stumble on this book and I’m going to recommend it to all the people I know, members of my team in particular – people who could have benefits from this methodology/technique.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA pretty flawless design process
By david evans on 14 Mar. 2016
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I love the guys that wrote this book, the sprint process gets so much buy in from every level of an organisation, so it's not just a book for start ups. Buy it, and you will never tackle design problems in the same way ever again
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4.0 out of 5 starsI love the idea of committing just 5 days with a ...
By Amazon Customer on 16 Jun. 2016
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Inspiring read about rapid prototyping anything within 5 days to get real feedback from customers for a real(ish) product.

Only 4 stars because the proof is in the pudding i.e. doing this yourself. That's what I want to do next. I love the idea of committing just 5 days with a team to have something tangible in your hands. I am now deciding where to apply this.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBuy this book and be better
By Chris on 25 July 2016
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I wrote a big long review then looked just like everybody elses. BUY THIS BOOK. Whatever you are creating, fixing or improving this book will help you and excite you. If you learn nothing new about planning and testing then you will at least hear some great stories of success and failure. Worth every penny.
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