Design Sprints and Rapid Prototyping for your next product decision.

A design sprint is a facilitated, fixed-window process for testing a selected product question through a prototype and audience evidence. We frame the assumption, prototype the relevant journey and give your decision owner findings and a recommendation.

Rapid prototyping is one part of that work. Business analysis defines requirements and scope; product design and development takes an agreed direction into software delivery. We choose the engagement around the question you need answered.

You receive the agreed prototype, findings and decision readout. We define those outputs and their acceptance before the sprint begins.

The readout can recommend a build, a revised direction, a different scope or further evidence. Development follows with its own requirements, estimate and acceptance criteria, and where it fits, our MVP in 6 Weeks offer can be the next build. Handover, access and IP terms are agreed for your engagement.

We quote a fixed-window sprint per project against the agreed scope. There is no minimum engagement period.

The scope accounts for:

• The product question and flows selected for the prototype.
• The fidelity and content needed for the test.
• Audience access, recruitment and the selected research methods.
• The readout and handover you need.

Fixed-price work is outcome based and quoted per project. Time-and-materials work is billed hourly and quoted per project; team extension is billed monthly per team member. We agree the appropriate model with you.

We agree the sprint's length before starting, based on the selected question, prototype and test scope.

Sessions can be scheduled across the chosen window to account for participant and audience availability, including a window spanning several weeks where that suits the scope. We agree the readout date and decision-owner involvement as part of the plan. Most engagements start within two to four weeks; that is a typical start window, not the sprint's duration.

We agree which system interactions the prototype needs to represent. Selected integrations may be simulated to test the user journey; a clickable prototype does not establish that the production integration works.

Bring the relevant system constraints and permitted sample data when we frame the question. If technical feasibility is the decision you need to make, we scope that assessment separately from audience testing.

The prototype represents the selected journey at the fidelity needed to test it. That may mean wireframes for layout and flow, or more detailed clickable screens with relevant content.

We identify simulated behavior and the limits of what target users can do. Production code, live integrations and a finished application are separate deliverables, agreed when you choose a development scope.

We report what the test shows and recommend the next step. Findings can support a pivot, a decision to stop the selected direction, or further research before you commit to a build.

An uncertain result is useful when its limits are clear. We distinguish an observed problem from a broader conclusion about the concept, and identify what would need to change or be tested next. Your decision owner chooses the next scope from that readout.

We need access to the decision owner and participants who can explain the product, audience and relevant constraints. We agree their involvement and session schedule before starting.

Your side provides:

• The decision being considered and the evidence already available.
• Product rules, relevant copy and permitted sample data.
• Access to target users or the agreed recruitment support.
• Review of the selected flow, agreed outputs and final readout.

The decision owner approves the next step from the findings and recommendation.

Yes. We can frame a selected feature inside an existing product and test its relevant journey with the intended audience. Existing product rules and user behavior help define what the prototype must represent.

For a whole new application, we still select the question and slice to test rather than treating a sprint as validation of every feature. A UX audit assesses an existing experience; our catering-application audit used user testing, interviews and Nielsen heuristics to produce findings and recommendations.

Compare the proposed question, responsibilities and outputs, then inspect the evidence relevant to that work.

Ask each partner to explain:

• Who facilitates, prototypes and runs the selected research.
• How audience access, participant involvement and recruitment are agreed.
• What the prototype represents and how findings and uncertainty are reported.
• How outputs are accepted and how any subsequent build is scoped.

We hold ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 9001:2015 certifications, renewed through a multi-stage audit with Quay Audit UK. Our guide to choosing an MVP development company helps assess a subsequent build partner.

A design sprint fits when a selected product decision would benefit from a prototype and audience evidence, and the decision owner can participate in choosing the next scope.

Capable internal facilitation can serve the same purpose. Research without a prototype can explore needs; focused interface design can develop a direction already chosen. Technology consulting and advisory assesses engineering feasibility, while product design and development delivers an agreed product scope.

We use the initial conversation to identify the evidence you need and the work that can provide it.