A Comprehensive Checklist For Running Design Workshops
Workshops are all about people: they involve people, are conducted by people, and aim to close the gaps in people’s communication. Slava Shestopalov shares a checklist with everything you need to keep in mind when running a workshop.The more workshops you organize, the better you realize how similar they actually are, regardless of the methodology or tool used. I would like to share a comprehensive checklist that will help you prepare for any workshop and take care of all the tiny details (i.e., enablers of the workshop’s success). Table Of Contents You can jump directly to the topic you’re interested in or browse through all the steps. Enjoy! 💁🏻♂️ Scoping 👯♀️ Participants ⏳ Format 💎 Agenda 📌 Risk management Step 1: Scoping Problem The better you understand a problem, the smoother your workshop will be. If you cannot name a problem, the workshop will fall apart. ✅ What problem are you trying to solve? Don’t skip this step while striving to come up with a robust solution. If you notice a workshop goes sideways at some point, you can always say, “Wait a minute. What problem are we trying to solve?” and refer to the agenda where it’s written. Remember