Creating a new product from scratch can be very expensive and time consuming. For starters, it can even be difficult to get everyone on the same page as to what the specific requirements for minimal viable product actually are. Getting buy-in from stakeholders can be almost impossible without something they can visualise, and the potential pitfalls are numerous.
Developed at Google Ventures, Design Sprints are a structured way of taking a problem and using the collective knowledge of your team to design a solution, prototype that solution and test it with real people… all in the space of 5 days!
Our team of facilitators will guide you and your team members through the Design Sprint process, either face-to-face, or remotely, drawing on your experience and knowledge and working together to build a prototype, get it tested and ready for development.
Sprints offer the opportunity to test new ideas, quickly solve problems and deliver tried & tested solutions.
The Virtual Forge design sprint facilitators are skilled and seasoned professionals with a collective experience of +20 years in Product Design, UX & UI Design, Product Management and User Research & Testing.
In this five-day process, they'll act as your guides, helping you tackle your specific challenge step by step. They'll assist you in creating a prototype, testing it out, and using the valuable insights gained to adapt and refine a working method that delivers the results you're aiming for.
Applying the design sprint methodology specifically to the process of designing and developing new products or enhancing existing ones. It includes activities such as defining the challenge, ideation, prototyping, and user testing, all tailored to the product design context.
Sometimes your team is aligned on exactly the right way forward to solve the problem you're facing, you just don't know where to begin to get your ideas laid out on screen. The Virtual Forge will tailor your design sprint day to your specific needs, offering a flexible schedule of sprint days that will deliver the same high fidelity, comprehensively tested prototype you would get from a full Product Design Sprint.
Providing training and workshops to individuals or teams interested in learning and implementing the design sprint methodology. It covers the principles, tools, and techniques used in design sprints, equipping participants with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct their own sprints.
Do not allow months of development work to hinder the launch of your next significant endeavor. With Design Sprint Facilitation, you can condense all that effort into just one week, swiftly transitioning from conceptualisation to implementation with exceptional speed and effectiveness.
In just 5 days, we will guide you through the process of taking your idea from concept to a fleshed-out, fully functional prototype, that's been tested on real users, and is ready for development.
A Virtual Forge Design Sprint can help you to bypass months of discovery, requirement gathering and wireframing. Bringing you right to the point of being able to start development immediately. Also because your prototype has been fully tested, you know you have the right solution, so there is no money wasted on developing a product that's not fit for purpose.
A Design Sprint can be invaluable simply for getting your whole team aligned on what the specific problem is that you are trying to solve. Over the course of the first 2 days the team works together to agree what the purpose of the product is, what the long-term goals are, and what are the biggest challenges to success.
The user is always at the heart of the design sprint methodology. There is a specific focus on understanding the challenges and pain points that users may be experiencing and how we get past those to deliver the best experience possible for them. This ultimately leads to increased engagement, greater buy-in and higher productivity.
The Virtual Forge is a trusted, global software development company with a solid history of delivering comprehensive solutions that equip your business with the finest technology available.
Our experienced design sprint facilitators are dedicated to carefully design the design-thinking process and imagine the business-focused solutions that fuel your growth.
A team of creative and analytical minds leverage cutting-edge technologies and out-of-the-box thinking to deliver innovative software solutions. We’re always on the lookout for new technologies that can enhance our offer, helping our clients materialise their needs into new systems that streamline their business processes.
Quality is our core focus. Our team ensures high standards through rigorous quality assurance processes, thorough testing, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
Our track record is a testament to our reliability. Always by our client’s side, ensuring that nothing is left to chance. With our commitment to excellence, we pride ourselves on delivering dependable solutions that businesses can trust.
During a Product Design Sprint, we create and evaluate a high-fidelity, realistic prototype, by engaging real users. All the tests conducted during this process are carefully recorded and compiled into a comprehensive report, which will be sent to you. This report will provide you with all the necessary information to proceed confidently with your project.
All sprints take place Monday to Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM. Our team is available at a variety of locations, including Bath, London and Philadelphia.
We recommend that you select a team of between 4-6 people with relevant knowledge of the problem you are trying to solve. A mixture of potential users, technical knowledge, managerial roles and at least one subject matter expert.
A design sprint will make sure you get everyone on the same page as to what the problem we're trying to solve is. Align on what the best result for our solution could help you to achieve, whilst highlighting the biggest threats to our success.
Understanding where your solution sits and how it will solve your business strategy problem, by defining the steps we need to complete to confirm that our objectives are met.
Bring everything we've learnt so far about our problem and potential solution, together with a healthy dose of inspiration, and then begin designing that solution together. Drawing on everybody's knowledge and experience to produce a product design that meets all our objectives
Now the design team steps in to turn the design into a high fidelity, fully functional prototype ready for user testing. The whole team gets to explore it too, before we refine it, make new features if required, and the deliver your final prototype, ready for development.
Testing your prototype with real people and your wider team to bring in real results. We will then gather the data together to provide you with valuable insights and refine the design where required.
Our extensive knowledge in the manufacturing sector makes us a trustworthy partner for data-driven digital solutions.
The Virtual Forge team has more than 20 years experience developing custom solutions for Life Sciences clients.
We are experts in designing and developing data-driven custom software solutions for global brands in the automotive industry.
We can leverage our financial expertise to the most in-demand financial software. Our extensive range of customised financial solutions is specifically tailored to address the distinctive challenges faced by your business and sector.
The Virtual Forge is a trusted supplier of data-driven software solutions to Government and the Public Sector.
The Virtual Forge collaborates with several strategic partners to guarantee the delivery of cutting-edge services that meet and exceed clients' expectations. We are trusted by some of the most recognised technological brands in the world.
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