Page History

LESSONS LEARNED WORKING GROUP
WRAP-UP SESSION
08/04/2009
 
MEETING ATTENDEES: Greg Bronson, RJ Davies, Jean Gustafson, Stephanie Herrick (co-Facilitator), Butch Labrecque (co-Facilitator), Greg Menenski, Christine O'Brien, Ron Parks, Andy Slusar, Lisa Stensland, Casper Vanwyk

AgendaAGENDA:

-         Agenda/Mtg Objectives  Review

...

See Tools > Attachments to download the PowerPoint presentation ( LLWG presentation Summary 2009-08-04.ppt ) summarizing the three subteam's final deliverables.

LLWG RECAP

See Tools > Attachments to download the Excel spreadsheet (LLWG themes and topics.xls) summarizing the results of the LLWG Survey into Themes and Topics.  While there were half a dozen themes of feedback, the major positive themes were Learning and Networking; the major obstacle theme was Commitment.  Since meeting attendees felt that the LLWG was high value, we drilled down into Commitment and asked "when would the approach of using a working group approach work best"?  We came up with the following:
-         You can use facilitation to prioritize work and allow people to self-select on what they work
-         There are limited time pressures; deadlines are self-imposed and can be flexible/renegotiated
-         All participants are knowledgeable about the topic
-         All participants are direct beneficiaries of the outcomes (so they "want to" vs "have to")
-         When the time allocated is finite (you will lose people's attention if it goes on too long)