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author: Catherine Pratt
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How a seasoned pro lays the \[x\] foundations for project success during
week 1 of a project
by Catherine Pratt

How a seasoned pro lays the foundations for project success during the first week of a project

**About this series** - the Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be
small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective
experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere.
Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as
they have helped us.

## Intro
This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

## Introduction

Today I am going to explain how an experienced manager can arrive on a
project, follow a few simple but key guidelines to create the foundation
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author: Atika Bennamane
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Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as
successful as can be.
by Atika Bennamane

Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as successful as can be.

**About this series** - the Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be
small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective
experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere.
Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as
they have helped us.

## Intro
This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

## Introduction

One of the hardest things in software engineering isn\'t technology,
it's people! Whether we're soliciting requirements from stakeholders or
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Well, that's the theory.

Unfortunately, workshops aren't always easy. There are a whole host of
ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this playbook). And
ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this guide). And
more often than not, once a workshop is heading in the wrong direction,
it's downhill from thereon.

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makes workshops ... work.

For better, or for worse, remote workshops are here to stay, and it is
our job to try and make them effective. In this playbook we'll cover the
our job to try and make them effective. In this guide we'll cover the
challenges we've found and provide practical solutions that will
hopefully put you on the right path.

## This Playbook
## This Guide

This Playbook has been split into three different sections, 'Before the
This guide has been split into three different sections, 'Before the
workshop', 'During the workshop' and 'After the workshop' as there are
distinct activities related to each of these your workshop timeline. The
intention is that this guide can be used as and when you need it rather
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Tangents aren't always a bad thing but they can distract from the goal
of your workshop. As we have discussed at various points in the
playbook, make sure that you keep your eyes on the prize and are focused
guide, make sure that you keep your eyes on the prize and are focused
on your desired output. Telling people to be quiet or to move on can be
intimidating, uncomfortable and spoil that feeling of psychological
safety that you have just worked so hard to create. Here are some tips
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concerns have been captured.

- **Alarms and timers are your friend.** As we mentioned earlier in
the playbook under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the
the guide under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the
most crucial elements of running an online workshop. If the tool you
are using has a built in timer, make use of it at every opportunity
you can. If it doesn't consider setting alarms elsewhere, either on
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