The document discusses using design sprints to improve BBC Children's homepages. Design sprints involve cross-functional teams testing ideas with users over 4 weeks to focus on problems like content discovery, reflecting channel personality, and mobile access. Sprints help generate ideas, engage teams, and involve actual user testing. Key lessons from sprints include focusing on location and visibility for stakeholders, commitment from teams, valuing user interaction over presentations, keeping things simple, having backup child testers, extensive planning, and learning from the process.

1. BBC CHILDREN’S
LIZ LEAKEY

2. [ IMAGE 01 ]

3. WHAT’S A HOMEPAGE?
OPPORTUNITY

5. CONTENT DISCOVERY
REFLECTING THE CHANNEL
SOCIAL
MOBILE FIRST
THEMES

6. How might we use the homepage
to allow users to discover new
content?
CONTENT DISCOVERY

7. How might we use the homepage to
reflect the channel’s personality and
structure?
REFLECTING THE CHANNEL

8. How might we use the homepage
to make the sites feel less lonely?
SOCIAL

9. How might we give users access to
our content on the go?
MOBILE FIRST

10. DESIGN SPRINTS
PROCESS

11. WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
• Getting lots of ideas tested with actual
users quickly
• Focusing the stakeholders and core
team on a problem or theme
• Engaging and involving cross-discipline
teams

12. SPRINTS FOR 4 WEEKS
PROCESS

13. PERSONAS
& USER TESTING
AUDIENCE

35. Sarah and Duck
Sarah is a 7 year old girl with an
endearing best friend, Duck. The pair
embark on simple but exciting
adventures, exploring the world both
near and far in their own wobbly and
imaginative way.
Games Watch Radio
Explore Sarah & Duck’s house
Games Watch
The Sarah & Duck Song
Radio
Quackiest Moments

36. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
STAKEHOLDER VISIBILITY
COMMITMENT
IT’S ABOUT THE INTERACTION
LESS IS MORE
HAVE BACK UP KIDS
PLAN, THEN PLAN SOME MORE
THINGS WE LEARNED