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Mar 2017

45m 58s

20: Design Sprints: How to Get Your Boss...

About this episode

Special guest Jake Knapp joins the show to talk about how sprints are changing how we do design. He's a Design Partner at Google Ventures and author of bestselling book "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days."

This episode of Presentable is sponsored by:

Dice.com: Don’t just look for a job – manage your tech career with Dice.

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Links and Show Notes

The Sprint Book

How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Google Ventures

A Guide to the Design Sprint

Sprint: Monday

Sprint: Tuesday

Sprint: Wednesday

Sprint: Thursday

Sprint: Friday

The Sprint Kickoff Deck

Jakob Nielsen: Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users

Sprint Stories

Making the case for design sprints — to clients, developers, and even designers

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