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1:1 Project Alpha market research, part 2 Project Frobazz kickoff Project Boom check-in Call w/ west coast Call w/ west coast Quarterly All-Hands Bob 1:1 Stand-up Team lunch Lunch w/ Dave Lunch w/ Kelly Working lunch Cup of noodles if you’re lucky Quarterly All-Hands
break. Eat together if you can (it’s fun). Remind your team to choose a light lunch to maintain energy in the afternoon. There are snacks if you get hungry later. 2 p.m. ❏ Ask the Experts. Interview experts on your sprint team and guests from the outside. Aim for fifteen to thirty minutes each. Ask about the vision, customer research, how things work, and previous ef- forts. Pretend you’re a reporter. Update long-term goal, questions, and map as you go. (p. 71) ❏ Explain How Might We notes. Distribute whiteboard markers and sticky notes. Reframe problems as opportunities. Start with the let- ters “HMW” on the top left corner. Write one idea per sticky note. Make a stack as you go. (p. 73) 4-ish ❏ Organize How Might We notes. Stick all the How Might We notes onto a wall in any order. Move similar ideas next to one an- other. Label themes as they emerge. Don’t perfect it. Stop after about ten minutes. (p. 79) ❏ Vote on How Might We notes. Each person has two votes, can vote on his or her own notes, or even the same n winners onto y Checklists MONDAY Note: Schedules are approximate. Don’t worry if you run behind. Remem- ber to take breaks every sixty to ninety minutes (or around 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. each day). 10 a.m. ❏ Write this checklist on a whiteboard. When you’re done, check off this first item. See how easy that was? Keep checking off items throughout the day. ❏ Introductions. If some people don’t know one another, do a round of introductions. Point out the Facilitator and the Decider and de- scribe their roles. ❏ Explain the sprint. Introduce the five-day sprint process (you can use the slide deck on thesprintbook.com). Run through this check- list and briefly describe each activity. 10:15-ish ❏ Set a long-term goal. Get optimistic. Ask: Why are we doing this project? Where do we want to be in six months, a year, or even five years from now? Write the long-term goal on a whitebo ❏ List sprint questions. Get pessim Turn these fea
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