Meeting preparation: workflow mapping
Make the steps and handoffs visible. Start with approved agenda notes and account summaries and plan a meeting brief with open questions.
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The project in view
- Start with
- approved agenda notes and account summaries.
- Proposed result
- a meeting brief with open questions.
- A decision to resolve
- private notes outside the intended audience.
This is a planning example. It does not describe a completed client engagement.
Workflow mapping for this project
- Start when approved agenda notes and account summaries is available and approved for use.
- Create a draft of a meeting brief with open questions, with source references attached.
- Route private notes outside the intended audience to the nominated reviewer before issuing the final result.
Questions to answer together
- What starts the work, and what marks it complete?
- Who reviews the intermediate result?
- Where does an exception go, and who resolves it?
What to have at the end
A sequence of steps showing inputs, decisions, handoffs and completion.
Record the decision on private notes outside the intended audience alongside the source material. If it is still unresolved, identify who can answer it and what work depends on the answer.
Prepare your enquiry
Use this as a starting point. Add your current process, available examples and constraints before sharing.
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