Sprint : how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days / Jake Knapp ; with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz.

By:

Knapp, Jake [author]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2016.Edition: First Simon & Schuster paperback export edition.Description: 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9781501140808

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HD30.29 .K63 2016

Contents:

Set the stage. Challenge ; Team ; Time and space -- Monday. Start at the end ; Map ; Ask the experts ; Target -- Tuesday. Remix and improve ; Sketch -- Wednesday. Decide ; Rumble ; Storyboard -- Thursday. Fake it ; Prototype -- Friday. Small data ; Interview ; Learn -- Liftoff -- Checklists.

Summary: From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies. Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What's the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution? Now there's a surefire way to answer these important questions: the sprint. Designer Jake Knapp created the five-day process at Google, where sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Google X. He joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky at Google Ventures, and together they have completed more than a hundred sprints with companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more. A practical guide to answering critical business questions, Sprint is a book for teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to nonprofits. It's for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Recommended bibliography book	TBS Barcelona	HD30.29 KNA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		B05172

Includes index.

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

Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What's the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution?

Now there's a surefire way to answer these important questions: the sprint. Designer Jake Knapp created the five-day process at Google, where sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Google X. He joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky at Google Ventures, and together they have completed more than a hundred sprints with companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more.

A practical guide to answering critical business questions, Sprint is a book for teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to nonprofits. It's for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today.