5 Days Design Sprint under Power
Project description
The electricity utilities of the Canton of Zurich (EKZ) want to open up new business fields outside their current area of activity. Within the company, there were already many ideas and approaches that needed to be expanded, concentrated, finalized and tested on real customers. During a 5-day design sprint, Helbling helped to develop promising concepts and test them on real customers.
Procedure
The 5 Days Design Sprint is a workshop-oriented process invented by Google and now used worldwide. The sprint is run by a mixed team (client and Helbling) who work 5 days concentrated on one question. At the end of the 5 days, feedback from real end customers is collected with the help of mock-ups. If necessary, Helbling can call in additional specialists such as user researchers, designers, programmers, …
The course of the 5 days is structured as follows:
Day 1: Understanding, grasping and immersion
Day 2: think freely and develop ideas
Day 3: select, consolidate and substantiate
Day 4: Building mock-ups
Day 5: Get feedback of real end customers
