Definition
A workshop is a one-off event that brings together stakeholders and experts in a specific field for a short period of time.
Participants work together to achieve a common goal.
Why organise workshops?
What is the purpose of a workshop?
- Plan, analyse, conceptualise, model.
- Scoping (for an initiative, requirement, solution, etc.).
- Elicit, verify, and prioritise requirements.
- Gathering ideas to develop new features or products.
- Reaching a consensus on an issue.
- Reviewing requirements or design.
- Make trade-offs.
Strengths
- Enables agreement to be reached in a short time.
- Promotes confidence.
- Improves understanding between participants.
- Promotes the production of deliverables that structure and guide future work efforts.
- Encourages communication between stakeholders.
- Gives stakeholders a reason to invest, collaborate, and make decisions together.
- Costs less than conducting a series of interviews.
- It is a more efficient and quicker way to collect feedback from participants.
How to organise a workshop ?
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