Collaborative Rapid Prototyping
Build deeper and more detailed prototypes when multiple team members collaborate in parallel.
Objectives
- Build a high fidelity simulation of a product in one working day.
- Real-time access to a visual of current status on all prototyping tasks.
- Rapidly redistribute unassigned tasks across the team as work is completed.
- Expose riskiest elements and allow the team to collaborate on ways to reduce risk.
Attachments
- Create a Kanban Board - cover image.PNG
- Instant collaboration using Mural or Google Docs - cover image.PNG
- Narrate the Storyboard - cover image.PNG
- Prototype playback - cover image.PNG
- Prototyping with version control - cover image.PNG
Instructions
Prototyping is where all the ideas come to life. This is perfect for providing a framework that enables your team to design a prototype together. Storyboarding locks in our prototyping plan, which we have to execute in one day. This recipe allows various makers to contribute to a digital prototype in parallel, which leads to building deeper and more involved prototypes.
Who can facilitate it?
Facilitating this session does not require any special certification, however, it is highly useful if you have a good understanding of the Design Sprint framework.
Familiarity with design tools and a good acumen for team dynamics will help a facilitator keep everyone productive during prototyping. Want tips on running this remotely? Check out some of the best tools and practices for facilitating this session with a distributed team.
Background
Author
Douglas is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist with over 26 years of experience. He is president of Voltage Control, a facilitation academy that develops leaders through facilitation certifications, workshops, and events. He has helped transform leaders, innovators, and creatives from Nike, U.S. SOCOM, Google, the Air Force, Gap, Tesla, MSU, Church & Dwight, Apple, Adobe, Dropbox, Fidelity, Vrbo, Liberty Mutual, Humana, and SAIC. Prior to Voltage Control, Douglas held CTO positions at numerous Austin startups, where he led product and engineering teams using agile, lean, and human-centered design principles. While CTO at Twyla, Douglas worked directly with Google Ventures running Design Sprints, and now brings this experience and process to companies everywhere. Douglas is currently active in the Austin startup community, where he serves on the board of several non-profits, mentors startups, and advises early-stage ventures. Douglas is a thought leader and often writes and talks about facilitation, leadership, collaboration, innovation, culture, meetings, and Design Sprints. He is also the author of four books: Magical Meetings, Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything, and Start Within, He has been published in Forbes, Fast Company, Innovation Leader, and is a regular contributor to The Future Shapers. He publishes a weekly podcast called Facilitation Lab. When not facilitating or coaching facilitators, you might find Douglas patching up his Modular Synth, boxing, doing pilates, and taking photographs. He graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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