Killer Questions (AKA "Sprint Questions")

Killer Questions (AKA "Sprint Questions")

Recipe step number

Day 1, Activity 2

Description

Important questions that will drive focus

Reading Time

4 mins

Overview

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Why do this activity? Killer questions help to identify the important areas that can reduce the risk and uncertainty of these high-value initiatives. They're called “killer questions" because they help reveal the most important questions we need to answer, that could “kill” this effort if we don't think about them early enough?

Here's a video from Design Sprint agency AJ&Smart that shows how to create Killer Questions (AKA Sprint Questions).

Key tips

Tips from the Sprint Book (pages 57-58)
Key learnings and tips from Advance Concepts

How to do this activity

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Allow 30 mins
[5 mins] Introduce the purpose of Killer Questions
[5 mins] Participants write multiple Killer Questions
[10 mins] Group vote
[5 mins] Decider Vote