This course is a deep study in DesignOps and ResearchOps. It will focus on practical applications of building and running Agile UX processes for teams.

Clients and teams should always be on the ground validating assumptions for things they're building and getting answers to questions unknown. Teams may need to solve business problems for users, other  teams, or processes. There are a lot of moving parts in the process in order to align research with what's being built, but it's an arduous task for a team to keep up with. Teams need to quickly learn from users and manage their work efficiently.

Agile UX methods like the Google Design Sprint and Lean UX help you manage this process. Agile UX methods offer a way for teams to explore/answer any question they may have about their product, users, or business in just 5 days without developing and releasing anything. It helps teams get an informed direction for anything they're building or any unknown they're working with. With Agile UX you can keep risk down by quickly validating assumptions and making sure your team is always headed in the right direction while being guided by user observations, insight, and feedback.

In this immersive, we'll look at the Google Design Sprint and other Agile UX methods “under the microscope”.

We’ll run 3 Google Design Sprints as a class together and you'll be taught the ways of Google's Sprint Master role in Design Sprints. You'll be taught how to apply an Agile UX operational process for teams from the ground up.