Collaborative Benchmarking
Select external references Identify processes, standards, or practices from other areas, companies, teams, or industries that are relevant to the topic.
How to run it
- Visual analysis tools such as matrices or diagrams.
- Whiteboards, sticky notes, or digital tools to record findings.
- For virtual sessions, create folders or collaborative boards with accessible data for participants.
- Provide relevant information about the selected external references.
- Each team evaluates their assigned area in comparison with external references, considering:
- Strengths: What are we doing well in comparison?
- Participatory Methods Collaborative Benchmarking Collaborative Benchmarking is a participatory activity designed to compare a current process or practice with external references (best practices, industry standards, or processes from other areas).
- Participants work in teams to identify areas for improvement, adapting external learnings to their own context.
- Select external references Identify processes, standards, or practices from other areas, companies, teams, or industries that are relevant to the topic.
- Prepare materials Documents or examples of selected processes for comparison.
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Whiteboards, sticky notes, or digital tools to record findings.
For virtual sessions, create folders or collaborative boards with accessible data for participants.
Provide relevant information about the selected external references.
Participatory Methods Collaborative Benchmarking Collaborative Benchmarking is a participatory activity designed to compare a current process or practice with external references (best practices, industry standards, or processes from other areas).
Participants work in teams to identify areas for improvement, adapting external learnings to their own context.
Select external references Identify processes, standards, or practices from other areas, companies, teams, or industries that are relevant to the topic.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Collaborative Benchmarking. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Whiteboards, sticky notes, or digital tools to record findings.; For virtual sessions, create folders or collaborative boards with accessible data for participants.; Provide relevant information about the selected external references.; Participatory Methods Collaborative Benchmarking Collaborative Benchmarking is a participatory activity designed to compare a current process or practice with external references (best practices, industry standards, or processes from other areas).. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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