Design sprint

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/design-sprint

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Design sprint: A structured, five-day framework for rapid problem-solving, prototyping, and user validation.
Design thinking: A human-centered, iterative approach to innovation that emphasizes empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing.
Rapid prototyping: The creation of a quick, often low-fidelity, version of a product or feature to test core concepts and user flows.
Usability testing: A qualitative research method where representative users interact with a prototype or product to identify design flaws and gather feedback on user experience.