Exercises

Thumbnail sketching uses quick drawings to explore ideas fast. It's about getting concepts on paper, not making art. This visual process helps generat...

A team charter is a living document. It defines your team's purpose, values, and working agreements. It aligns everyone on how to work together and ac...

Design system documentation turns code into a usable product. This exercise creates a strategy covering what to document, how to structure it, and how...

It's common for teams to either over-empathize without shipping or ship without understanding user needs. This exercise bridges that gap. It helps tea...

This simple research method helps you uncover the motivations and assumptions behind a person's behavior. It's part of the LUMA collection.

A Pilot is a crucial, longer-term test of your solution before market launch. Unlike a Live Prototype, it's a sustained engagement that tests your ent...

The "5 Whys" is a root cause analysis. Keep asking "Why?" until you find the real problem. Toyota developed it to go beyond surface-level symptoms.

Multivariate testing helps you discover the most effective combination of page elements. Unlike A/B testing, which focuses on single-element variation...

Framing the design challenge is critical for success. This exercise helps teams articulate the problem, define a suitable scope, and drive toward impa...

Cognitive Walkthrough is a usability evaluation method. Evaluators step through tasks as a user would. It focuses on the actions users take to accompl...

Define success using Goals, Signals, and Measures (GSM). Identify what you're trying to achieve, how you'll know you're making progress, and how you'l...

Visualize the Vote makes group preferences visible, leading to democratic decision-making. It uses visual polling to harness collective intelligence a...

A/B testing turns opinions into evidence. But poorly designed tests waste time. This exercise teaches you to design A/B tests that provide real answer...

Schematic diagrams clarify complex systems. They map connections and flows by stripping away unnecessary details. Think of it as a blueprint. This exe...

This exercise prepares teams to run effective think-aloud usability testing. Participants review facilitation techniques and practice observation meth...

Prototyping makes ideas tangible. Test these representations with users before development. This 240-minute exercise covers prototype fidelity, from p...

Create a transparent project roadmap. Show planned work, priorities, and decisions clearly. Share it openly with your community or stakeholders. This ...

Getting feedback on your ideas and prototypes is key during ideation. It ensures you keep the target users at the center of your project. This exercis...