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DESIGN-SPRINTS5 MIN READ

Commit to the pre-sprint brief

Create a concrete commitment to prepare a sprint brief before scheduling a sprint.

Prepare a one-page pre-sprint brief for a design sprint candidate before the calendar invite is treated as real. A sprint candidate with unclear challenge framing, uncertain user access, and stakeholders who may assume the sprint will solve everything. I will write a pre-sprint brief that states: the sprint-worthy challenge, the long-term goal, three sprint questions, the decider, required experts, prototype scope assumptions, target participant profile, recruiting owner, Friday interview plan, and the decision the team will make after evidence. I will send it to the decider before the sprint invite is finalized and ask for explicit confirmation on challenge, team,…

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