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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Exercises/assumptions.md
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**Estimated time:** 30 minutes

## Best to use when

It is best to always keep track of the assumptions
that you and your team are making about
your product through the life of the product.
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* Repeat till all assumptions have a test for them.

## Example

![Galen's Assumption Test board](http://images.thoughtbot.com/the-product-design-sprint/assumptions.jpg)

From [The Product Design Sprint](http://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-product-design-sprint)
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/back-burner.md
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**Estimated time:** 30min for review

## Best to use when

A lot of ideas will be generated throughout the week. Some of the ideas
will be pertinent to the tasks at hand, but others, although interesting, won’t
be. Capture these good but not immediately relevant back burner ideas on a
sticky note board.

## Instructions

1. Have a dedicated space to collect back burner ideas on the whiteboard.
* Throughout the sprint have everyone write down ideas that are not directly
solving the job-to-be-done
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## Example

![Back Burner](images/back-burner.jpg)
![Back Burner](images/back-burner.jpg)
3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions Exercises/card-sorting.md
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**Estimated time:** 20 min

## Best to use when

Card sorting helps organize and understand how people perceive the information architecture for the application. It is best to use when there are a seemingly a lot of ideas and a lot to take in. Card sorting helps understand the many facets of a problem by giving you a top down view.

> Card sorting will help you understand your users' expectations and understanding of your topics. It is often most useful once you have done some homework to find out about your users and understand your content.
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## Instructions

#### Open Card Sorting - Best for Understand
1. Take 5 minutes and have all participants write down as many ideas as possible on post-its. If people get stuck just have them write down what they think is the most important idea again and again till they come up with more.
2. Have everyone put their post-its up on the wall and take a min to read over them.
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For more detailed explanation see [Card Sorting](http://robots.thoughtbot.com/card-sorting)

## Example

### Open Card Sorting
![Open Card Sorting](images/open-card-sorting.jpg)

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* Repeat as necessary.

## Examples

![Crazy Eights Example](images/crazy-eights.jpg)
![Crazy Eights Example](images/crazy-six.jpg)
![Crazy Eights Example](images/crazy-six-2.jpg)



3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/critical-path.md
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**Estimated time:** 15 min

## Best to use when

The Critical Path should be discussed after a
[Problem Statement](problem-statement.md) has been agreed upon.
Once completed, the Critical Path should give a step-by-step map
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![Galen's Critical Path](http://images.thoughtbot.com/the-product-design-sprint/criticalpath.jpg)
From [The Product Design Sprint](http://robots.thoughtbot.com/the-product-design-sprint)

![Example Critical Path](images/critical-path.jpg)
![Example Critical Path](images/critical-path.jpg)
5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/five-whys.md
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**Estimated time:** 30 min

## Best to use when

Five whys should be used to get to the very root of a reasons for a problem. It also shows the relationships between several causes of the problem.

## Instructions

1. Write down a specific problem
2. Ask the team to individually write down why that is happening.
3. Form a new problem from the answers the team gave.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 four more times or as much as necessary.
5. Analyze the results and form relationships between answers.

## Example

- The vehicle will not start. (the problem)
- Why? - The battery is dead. (first why)
- Why? - The alternator is not functioning. (second why)
- Why? - The alternator belt has broken. (third why)
- Why? - The alternator belt was well beyond its useful service life and not replaced. (fourth why)
- Why? - The vehicle was not maintained according to the recommended service schedule. (fifth why, a root cause)

Taken from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys)
Taken from [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys)
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Exercises/group-critique.md
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**Estimated time:** 3 minutes for each sketch

## Best to use when

It is best to do a Group Critique after a Silent critique has already been done.
It allows for in-depth discussion around the idea. It gives time for people to
say what they thought was good about the idea and for the person that had the
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Exercises/mind-mapping.md
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**Estimated time:** 10–15 minutes

## Best to use when

They are best used to warm up to other exercises
like [Crazy Eights](crazy-eights.md).
These are best for personal ideas,
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[Silent Critique](silent-critique.md).

## Instructions

> If you’re not familiar with mind mapping already, I often describe it as
writing down everything in your head with no specific formatting; or quiet
individual brainstorming. You can write words and connect them or not, you can
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/needs-wants-desires.md
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**Estimated time:** 30 min

## Best to use when

Needs, Wants, Desires is a [Card Sorting](card-sorting.md)
exercise to help figure out priorities.
It's best to use when there are a lot of feature ideas
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and verify that each feature in is the appropriate section.

## Examples
![Needs, Wants, Desires](images/needs-wants-desires.jpg)

![Needs, Wants, Desires](images/needs-wants-desires.jpg)
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**Estimated time:** 5 min

## Best to use when

It's best to practice the pitch several times throughout the sprint, typically
at the beginning of each day.
It makes sure that everyone is staying
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/problem-statement.md
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**Estimated time:** 20 min

## Best to use when

It is best to identify the job-to-be-done that the sprint
is trying to solve as early in
the process as possible.
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reflect back on.

## Example
![Problem Statement](images/problem-statement.jpg)

![Problem Statement](images/problem-statement.jpg)
4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/silent-critique.md
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**Estimated time:** 5 min

## Best to use when

Silent Critique is best to use after an individual thought process
like [Storyboards](storyboards.md).
It is a way to have a more unbiased and individual critique period.
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4. Jump into a [Group Critique](group-critique.md).

## Examples

![Silent Voting](images/silent-voting.jpg)
![Silent Voting](images/storyboards-2.jpg)
![Silent Voting](images/storyboard.jpg)
![Silent Voting](images/storyboard.jpg)
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion Exercises/storyboards.md
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**Estimated time:** 20 min

## Best to use when

Storyboards are great to use when the group has had some time to think
individually about the problem and many possible solutions to it. Storyboards
allow people to develop those early ideas further by giving them more time to
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![Individual Storyboards](images/storyboard.jpg)
![Group of Storyboards](images/storyboards.jpg)
![Group of Storyboards](images/storyboards-2.jpg)
![Individual Storyboards](images/storyboard-2.jpg)
![Individual Storyboards](images/storyboard-2.jpg)
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**Estimated time:** 30 min

## Best to use when

Who, What, When, Where is best to use to find out what the different
questions are surrounding a topic or problem.
It helps uncover problems that are underlying or associated with the main
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get them all on the same page quickly.

## Instructions

1. Divide up the whiteboard into four sections and
give each a title of Who, What, When, and Where.
2. Start with Who.
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