Workshops

A workshop can briefly be defined as a work form in which a group of persons gather for a specific period of time to discuss and work actively with a specific task or project. In this guide, we define a design sprint as consisting of one or more workshops.

As the planner and facilitator of a design sprint workshop, there are a number of things that you need to consider:

1. Where does the workshop fit into the Double Diamond process? What do you want to achieve with the workshop? What results should preferably have been achieved at the end of the workshop? 2. Who and how many are to be invited for you to meet your objectives? 3. Establish a clear purpose that may be communicated with a catchy title to the participants. 4. How are you to follow up on the results of the workshop? 5. Is there anything you would like the participants to do before the workshop? How can you communicate this to them? 6. Plan all workshop activities using a script. 7. Clarify your own role: Do you primarily want to facilitate the workshop or do you also want to contribute professional input and your own views? 8. What practical things need to be in place: book a suitable room, materials for use in the workshop, refreshments, etc.

You can also consider the following success criteria for a workshop:

1. There is a high degree of mutual exchange between the participants. 2. Everyone sees themselves as both recipients and contributors.

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3. Everyone participates actively. 4. Everyone is heard. 5. Everyone knows what will happen after the workshop.

clarify your own role: do you primarily want to facilitate the workshop or do you also want to contribute professional input and your own views?

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