In this 2-day bootcamp, you’ll learn the process of Design Sprints, how they can help, practice sprint exercises, ask questions, build confidence, and get an immersive experience so you can run your own Design Sprint like a pro. You’ll leave with new and powerful ways to do better work faster, and you’ll have a super fun time doing it!

In addition to the exercises, you'll also learn the little tricks we have learned along the way in 3 years of running design sprints. We will share insights on how to align a diverse group and keep everyone focused on a common goal, how to manage different egos in the room, what to do with the troublemaker and much more.

Design Sprints

Design Sprints are a step-by-step process for answering critical business questions, creating new products or improving existing ones. Since their conception in 2016, Design Sprints have been used by product leaders in companies like Uber, Slack, Google and Twitter to solve problems and build better products.

Design Sprints were created by Jake Knapp while working with startups at Google Ventures. They're a “greatest hits” of business strategy, innovation, behaviour science, design thinking, and more — packaged into a battle-tested process that any team can use.

Longer hours don't equal better results. By getting the right people together, structuring the activities, and eliminating distraction, we've found that it's possible to make rapid progress while working a reasonable schedule.

Jake Knapp

Author of SPRINT

Be prepared to roll up your sleeves

You will be in for a surprise if you are expecting laidback days away from work and lots of gyaan.

Be prepared for 2 action-packed days where we split into teams and go through exercises, exactly like we do in a real sprint. We will go through all 5 stages of the Design Sprint process, and we'll also discuss examples of how to go about each stage in different scenarios.

You will learn by doing, but also by listening to our experiences of running sprints with companies of different sizes and facing challenges specific to the Indian business ecosystem.

Meet your trainer

Drawing on his 10 years of experience in product design and 20+ Design Sprints with companies like Facebook, Digilocker, Equifax and more; Robin, Founder at Parallel, will teach you the techniques and tools he learnt from Jake Knapp (author of Sprint).

What you'll learn

How Design Sprints can help solve big business problems for a startup, scale up an enterprise, and everything in between.
How to lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence.
How to align and identify the most important challenges for your organisation.
How to explain and sell the Design Sprint to decision-makers, and win over even the toughest skeptics.
Insider tips and techniques to moderate a great Design Sprint.
How to bring customer testing and validation into your design process without slowing down.
How to make smart decisions without lengthy discussion.
How to sketch a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer.
Tips to improve productivity, solve big challenges, and foster innovation at your organisation.

What your ticket includes

Two-day hands-on workshop facilitated by Robin and the Parallel team
A copy of the New York Times bestseller Sprint
Design Sprint certification by Parallel
Networking
A light breakfast on both mornings, two awesome lunches, snacks, and all the coffee and tea you can drink
All the supplies and materials you’ll need to take notes, map out ideas, and create prototypes
Design Sprint facilitation deck

Who should attend

Ddeal for startups, scale-ups and enterprise organizations, our Design Sprint Bootcamp is perfect for anyone who wants to bring the Design Sprint process to their team, company, or organization.

Leaders, managers, executives

Learn a powerful method for improving decision-making, fostering meaningful teamwork, and safely taking risks on bold new ideas for your business.

Designers, marketers, engineers

Learn how to involve stakeholders in your design process without going nuts, quickly validate your work with customers, and rethink workplace defaults so you can focus on the work that matters.

Facilitators, team leads, sprint pros

Improve your facilitation skills and learn how to run sprints, workshops, and meetings that are a good use of everyone's time.

Design Sprint workshop agenda

DAY 1

9:30 am - 10 am

Arrive, have coffee & get comfortable

10 am - 1 pm

Workshop, part 1

1 pm - 2 pm

Lunch arranged by us

2 pm - 5 pm

Workshop, part 2 + Q&A

5 pm - 7 pm

Snacks & networking

DAY 2

9:30 am - 10 am

Arrive, have coffee & get comfortable

10 am - 1 pm

Workshop, part 3

1 pm - 2 pm

Lunch arranged by us

2 pm - 5 pm

Workshop, part 4 + Q&A

5 pm - 7 pm

Snacks & networking

Please bring...

your laptop and an open mind to learn, innovate and collaborate

FAQs

Here are some of the questions we get asked about the workshop. If you have any other queries, you can reach out to us on hello@parallelhq.com

Do I need to read the book before the workshop?

No. It is nice if you have read the book before the workshop, but it is not necessary as we will cover all the exercises of a Design Sprint and more during the workshop.

What if I already know a lot about Design Sprints and Sprint facilitation?

That’s great! If you already know a lot about the Design Sprint process and have facilitated before, join us to learn some hacks and how to avoid common mistakes — things we learnt from Jake Knapp himself.

Can you do a workshop for my entire team or organisation?

Yes! We believe that training teams in the Sprint process helps them align and get productive. We also have group pricing available for teams. Reach out to us at hello@parallelhq.com to learn more.

Will I get a certificate?

Yes, you will get a certificate from Parallel for attending the training.

Private training for your team

For a private training, write to hello@parallelhq.com

In this training, we run this 2-day workshop with your team, where people can not just learn the Design Sprint process but also work on an actual product challenge for your company.

Parallel is a Product Strategy & Design Studio based in Bangalore. We help teams create better products in weeks (not months or years) by using design sprints.

We are actually the proud pioneers of Design Sprints in India, and some of our team members were trained on the process by Jake Knapp himself. So far, we have done over 25 design sprints and worked with companies like Facebook, Equifax, Digilocker and Travelopia.