The challenge for the product design team was to come up with a vision for our flagship product 2-3 years out, irrespective of technological limitations and current roadmap. The design sprint structure was ideal for getting colleagues from disparate disciplines to work together in a short time frame.
Our adapted schedule condensed a typical week-long structure into five one hour sessions over a one week period. We recruited a remote group of product managers, stakeholders, designers, and researchers to participate in the original session. Our process was fully remote leveraging Miro (formerly Realtimeboard), Freehand, and a smart board projector.
We adapted the design sprint structure to both lay the groundwork for Project Voltron, as well as foster a culture of building ahead of the market instead of in reaction to it. Not only did we emerge from our original session with a prioritized roadmap of features for the product design team to work against, but also a well defined backlog of ideas for future sessions. Our original group met back on a defined cadence to engage with new ideas.