What is a Focused Workshop?
A focused workshop is a type of workshop in product and service design that is used to explore specific challenges or opportunities in depth. The focused workshop is typically facilitated by a subject matter expert and attended by a small group of stakeholders with relevant expertise and experience.
What are the benefits of a Focused Workshop?
The benefits of a focused workshop can include:
- In-depth exploration: A focused workshop can allow stakeholders to explore specific challenges or opportunities in depth, leading to a deeper understanding of the problem or opportunity.
- Collaboration and cross-functional communication: By bringing together stakeholders from different areas of expertise, focus workshops can foster collaboration and improve cross-functional communication.
- Rapid problem-solving: Focus workshops can be used to rapidly generate and evaluate potential solutions to a problem or opportunity, leading to faster problem-solving and decision-making.
- Consensus-building: Focus workshops can help build consensus among stakeholders around a specific challenge or opportunity, leading to more effective decision-making.
What deliverables will a Focused workshop produce?
The deliverables of a focused workshop can include:
- Actionable insights: A focused workshop can provide actionable insights that can be used to inform product or service design decisions.
- A prioritised list of potential solutions: By evaluating potential solutions in the focus workshop, stakeholders can develop a prioritised list of solutions to address the challenge or opportunity.
- Action plan: A focused workshop can lead to the development of an action plan for implementing solutions or making design decisions.
- The consensus among stakeholders: A focused workshop can help build consensus among stakeholders around a specific challenge or opportunity, leading to more effective decision-making.
Overall, focus workshops can be an effective way to explore specific challenges or opportunities in depth, foster collaboration and cross-functional communication, rapidly generate potential solutions, and build consensus among stakeholders. The deliverables of a focused workshop can include actionable insights, a prioritised list of potential solutions, an action plan, and consensus among stakeholders.