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SPRINT ZERO

Know what you’re building. And what it will take.

Turn an idea or a complicated product question into a clear first build. Together, we define the essential workflows, explore the design, test technical assumptions, and map the work ahead.

Talk about your project

A clear starting point for the build.

Sprint Zero is a focused planning and design engagement. We work through the decisions that make the next stage of development clearer.

Who it’s for

The people using the product and the jobs it needs to help them do.

What comes first

The essential workflows and a manageable first version.

What needs testing

Technical questions and assumptions worth investigating early.

What can wait

A deliberate boundary around the first build.

Make the idea tangible.

Conversations become flows, prototypes, and technical findings. The output gives everyone something specific to react to.

  1. Understand the product

    Work through the goals, users, current context, and constraints.

  2. Explore the experience

    Map key journeys and make the important screens tangible.

  3. Investigate the unknowns

    Test the integrations and technical assumptions that could change the plan.

  4. Agree on the first build

    Prioritize the work and make scope, trade-offs, and estimates explicit.

A plan connected to the product.

  1. Product brief
  2. Key journeys
  3. Prototype
  4. Build plan

THE FOREM

From a pitch deck to a product people could try.

Sprint Zero helped The Forem define its users, workflows, and core product concepts. An interactive prototype supported fundraising and product validation before the work moved into an MVP.

Read The Forem story →

What you leave with.

We agree on the depth of each deliverable around the decisions your project needs. Every engagement has a clear scope.

Product direction

A brief and prioritized scope that describe the first version.

Flows + designs

Key user journeys and the agreed screens or prototype.

Technical findings + build plan

Architecture decisions, investigation results, milestones, and estimates.

Use the work to plan development with Tanooki or with your own team.

Explore development →

Let’s work out the first version.

Tell us about the idea and the questions around it. We’ll identify the decisions worth making before the build.