SPRINT

Solve big problems and test new ideas in just 5 days.

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Your problem in a nutshell

You're stuck on a project or an initiative and need to make a decision.

You want to shortcut the endless-debate cycles and want to make a fast but grounded decision.

What is SPRINT?

SPRINT is a condensed five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.

Whether you want to decide on entering new markets, designing new products, improving processes, developing new features for end-users, defining marketing strategies, or something else.
A Sprint is a versatile Swiss knife to get things done.

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The speed and quality of the market evidence Seven Beaufort provided in a SPRINT were impressive.

Simon - R&D Strategic Planning Lead at Nestlé
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Key business questions SPRINT helps you answer

How can we create a new product or service that meets the needs of our customers?
How can we improve an existing product or service to make it more appealing to customers?
How can we streamline a specific process or system to improve efficiency?
How can we identify new opportunities or markets for our business?
How can we overcome a particular business challenge or obstacle?
How can we make better and faster decisions as a team?

Key benefits of running an innovation SPRINT

Rapid Problem Solving

SPRINT allows for quick identification and resolution of key challenges, enabling teams to make significant progress in a short period. It streamlines decision-making and accelerates the development of viable solutions.

User-Centric Approach

By incorporating user testing and feedback early in the process, a SPRINT ensures that solutions are designed with the end-users in mind. This user-centric approach increases the likelihood of creating products or services that effectively address user needs and preferences.

Collaboration and Alignment

SPRINT brings together your team to work collaboratively and align their efforts toward a common goal. This fosters effective communication, knowledge sharing, and a shared sense of ownership, leading to more cohesive and successful outcomes.

The approach

Supercharge your team with a powerful tool to quickly solve tough problems, drive customer-focused innovation, and foster seamless collaboration, and get things done.

Day 1 - Challenge Mapping

Identify the key challenges and map out the knowns with the full sprint team.

Outcomes:
Hyper-focus on the problem.
An aligned team.
Clear Sprint objectives.

Day 2 - Solution Ideation

Explore a wide range of possible solutions to the problem and generate diverse ideas.

Outcomes:
A diverse and high-quality list of ideas to further explore.
(Hint: we might use AI tools to push your team's ideas to the edge... and over.)

Day 3 - Decision-making

Break down the solutions and decide on which ones have the best chance of achieving your long-term goal.

Outcomes:
Rapid concept iterations and visuals.
(Hint: we might use AI-tools such as DALL-E or Midjourney to visualize ideas).
A storyboard of the most-promising ideas.

Day 4 - Rapid Prototyping

Create realistic façades of your ideas to test with customers in just a couple of hours!

Outcomes:
High-fidelity prototypes to test with your customers.
A finalized testing plan.

Day 5 - Validation

Launch qualitative or quantitative experiments to get feedback from real customers on your prototypes.

Outcomes:
Make an evidence-based decision on actual customer feedback.
A validated product, service, roadmap or strategy.

Ready to SPRINT?

Let's build your business of tomorrow.

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