… A management tool
For projects, teams, departments, companies and just for yourself. Maybe you want to plan, perform, control and finish successfully a journey, a research project, a thesis or the birthday party
of your grandma.
In German the 8+1W questions are
- Wozu? Ziel.
- Warum? Motivation und Anlass.
- Was? Inhalte und Aufgaben.
- Wer? Rollen und Funktionen.
- für Wen? Zielgruppe, Klient, Kunde.
- Wie? Methoden.
- Wann? Zeitraum und Termine.
- Wo? Orte.
- und Woher? Daten, Informationen, Theorien, Modelle, Konzepte, Publikationen, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Ansprechpartner.
See the books BERATEN (consulting) and WERKZEUGE (tools) for the use of the 8+1 W and some entries in German here in my blog. Click on the tag "8+1W".
As some colleagues asked for a translation, here it is. Just one of the questions misses the initial "W". Nevertheless there is one: hoW. Or you say "Whow" for How ;)
- What for? Objective.
- Why? Motivation and cause.
- What? Contents and tasks.
- Who? Roles and functions.
- for Whom? Target group, client, customer.
- hoW? Methods.
- When? Timescale and appointments.
- Where? Places.
- and Where from? Data, information, theories, models, concepts, publications, reports, documentations, contact persons.
Put the questions and your answers on post-its on an wall, on an blackboard, a flipchart or a smartboard during your project, discuss it with colleagues and peers and see it grow.
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Christa Weßel - Monday, 29 Jul 2019
blog section organization development
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