Discovery Sprint Kit
Run a focused one-week discovery sprint. Problem framing, user interviews, opportunity mapping, solution sketching, and validation planning.
A discovery sprint is a time-boxed week of intensive customer research and problem validation. This kit provides the five templates you need to run a complete discovery sprint from Monday to Friday. By the end of the week, you will have validated (or invalidated) your assumptions.
Recommended Workflow
Monday: Frame the problem
Define the problem space, target user, and what you need to learn. Align the team on scope.
Open: Problem Statement Template: Structured Format + Examples →Tue-Wed: Interview customers
Conduct 5-8 customer interviews. Use the guide to stay consistent across interviews.
Open: User Interview Script Template for User Research →Thursday AM: Map assumptions
List your assumptions. Plot them by risk (impact if wrong) and confidence (how sure you are).
Open: Assumption Mapping Workshop Template →Thursday PM: Map opportunities
Organize interview findings into an opportunity tree. Identify the highest-value opportunities.
Open: Opportunity Solution Tree Template →Friday: Plan validation
For each opportunity, define what experiment you will run to validate demand before building.
Open: Experiment & A/B Test Hypothesis Template →All Templates in This Kit
Assumption Mapping Workshop Template
An assumption mapping and risk assessment workshop template for product teams. Includes a 2x2 risk matrix, structured exercises for surfacing.
Experiment & A/B Test Hypothesis Template
A structured hypothesis template for product experiments with hypothesis format, experiment types, sample size guidance, and decision criteria.
Opportunity Solution Tree Template
Map customer outcomes to opportunities and solutions using Teresa Torres' Opportunity Solution Tree framework.
Problem Statement Template: Structured Format + Examples
Problem statement template with 3 formats, evaluation rubric, and 4 examples. Help your team align on what to solve and why in under 15 minutes.
User Interview Script Template for User Research
A ready-to-use interview script with warm-up questions, core discovery probes, follow-up techniques, and a post-interview debrief sheet.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many people should participate in a discovery sprint?+
Core team: PM, designer, and one engineer. Optional: data analyst, customer success rep. Keep it small. Larger groups slow down interviews and create analysis paralysis.
Can I run a discovery sprint remotely?+
Yes. Use video calls for interviews, Miro or FigJam for collaborative mapping exercises, and a shared document for the assumption map. Remote sprints work well if everyone blocks the full week and stays off other meetings.
What if the discovery sprint invalidates our hypothesis?+
That is a success, not a failure. You saved weeks of building the wrong thing. Use the Validation Plan template to pivot: define a new hypothesis based on what you learned and plan the next experiment.
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