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The Six P’s Workshop Planning Framework

by JD Meier

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Workshops are one of the best ways to rapidly brainstorm ideas, capture scenarios, mine for patterns, etc. 

The challenge can be designing an effective workshop. 

In the book Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle, Ian F. Alexander and Neil Maiden present The Six P’s Workshop Framework. 

Here is a summary of the approach:

1. Purpose

Why are we doing the workshop?

  • Goals
  • Need
  • Motivation

2. Participants

Who is involved?

  • Roles
  • Stakeholder
  • Experts

3. Principles

How should we function as a group?

  • Guidelines for participation
  • Working agreements
  • Ground rules
  • Group norms

4. Products

What should the workshop produce?

  • Work products
  • Dependencies
  • Models
  • Decisions
  • Next steps
  • Issues for resolution

5. Place

Where should we gather and share space?

  • Location
  • Time

6. Process

When should things happen and in what order?

  • Steps
  • Activities
  • Order
  • Concurrency

As you can see, the six P’s (Purpose, Participants, Products, Place, and Process) create the overall frame.  

Each category within the frame has a driving question.  For example, “Purpose” contains the question, “Why are we doing the workshop?” 

Each category within the frame also has a list of “Concerns.”  For example, “Purpose” contains the concerns, “goals”, “need”, and “motivation.”

By addressing the question and the concerns, you can design and shape a more effective workshop.

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