STARTUP | FUTURE OF WORK | 2021-2024

SprintZero ⤑

A web-based AI-enabled application crafted to empower cross-competency agile product teams in seamlessly delivering user experiences within zero sprints.

OVERVIEW
As the founder, I managed various facets of daily operations. From recruiting team members to pitching to angels, and even conducting user interviews, I embraced every task with equal fervor. None of it would have been possible without the invaluable contributions of Adil, Brandon, and Obafemi.

OUTCOME
Despite relentless efforts to secure angel or incubator funding, and having self-funded the entire operation, I ultimately made the tough call to dissolve the company.

Problem

Companies squander time, money, and effort into building globally distributed teams made up of dozens to hundreds of engineers and designers to complete operational level tasks quickly and inexpensively.

But with current economic conditions, the emergence of GenAI, and the impacts of Covid, teams are shrinking and need to work smart, not hard in order to meet the needs of businesses.

Quebec, Canada

Quebec, Canada

Utrecht, Holland

Utrecht, Holland

Lagos, Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria

Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Brainstorm Session

We started figuring out how to explain the value to both users and buyers.

We realized that agencies were the perfect balance between what people needed and what they could afford.

“It begins and ends with telling a story. I’ve definitely noticed a difference in the user experience of products between the teams that build story maps driven by user research and those that don’t.

The quality isn’t as high and it often takes twice as long.”
— Product Leader @ Design Agency

User Story Map

ONBOARDING

Getting team members using the application needed to be seamless; this includes creating an account, inviting team members, selecting a billing tier, and configuring product parameters.

HOME

Everything centers around a story map. It’s the organism that product, engineering, and design orchestrate around and constantly update as the team learns along it’s journey.

STRATEGY

It was vital to include sections here that addressed aspects necessary for the 21st century including Ethics, Product Vision, Objectives and Key Results, Growth, and Pricing.

TACTICS

On the next rung of the ladder were the areas typically facilitated by scrum masters liek Restripticive, Adoption, Acquisitions, Partnerships, prioritization, and release plans.

OPERATIONS

The third layer revolved around team execution. This includes a Calendar, Huddles, Performance, Sprints, and Tasks.

USERBASE

Keeping the user top of mind is difficult when the repository of information is separate from the previous sections. Aligning with Atomic UX research it made sense to include Personas, Journeys, Insights, and Interview Transcripts.

ANT

Build Out

Using building blocks along with the insights we’d learned earlier on it was clear we had to create a solution that would drastically reduce the time it takes to ship a digital product from years down to weeks.

This required unique uses of ANT Design components, iconography, and writing.

Delivery Architecture

Leveraged Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for the build pipeline, integrating seamlessly with Stripe and OpenAI through their APIs. This approach ensured efficient handling of diverse workloads, scalability, and reliability in the development process.

Offering multiple authentication options catered to a broad user base, ensuring a frictionless login experience and enhancing data security, all built into Firebase.

Competition

Our two biggest areas of focus were cost and offering more value to teams through a single platform.

Features

Dynamic User Story Map

Manipulating and moving around cards can be time consuming and arduous. This approach reduces the process of bulk changes from minutes to instantly.

Scrum Genie

Writing a vision statement can be time consuming, plus it might change often, so we used OpenAI to create an assistant to help you write it based on a few features.