Have Team Members Identify the Tasks cont'd

Technique: As you conduct the round robin to obtain their input, write

their task statements on the flipchart, alternating with two different color

markers. Use the "color-coded circles and cross-throughs" technique

Focus on identifying

(refer to Step 3) as you gain consensus on which suggestions are the

tasks for one duty

actual task statements and which information should be crossed off

area at a time; do not

sequence tasks at this

because of each task statement. Also, MAKE SURE the task statement

time

reflects the duty area. For example, suppose there are duty areas such

as "hazardous waste handling," "radiological waste handling," and

"industrial waste." Within each of these duty areas there may be the

task of "pick up waste." To reflect the duty area, the task statements

should say "pick up hazardous waste" and "pick up radiological waste"

rather than having two pages saying "pick up waste." This is important

because later in the process (both in the TTJA seminar and subsequent

SAT processes), when the task pages get separated from the duty area

pages, the intent of the task statement needs to be very clear.

As you obtain group consensus on task statements, write each task statement

horizontally on a white sheet of 8-1/2" x 11" paper. Use the same guidelines for the

size of letters as described for duty areas. Use one color marker to write each task page

in one row, but use a different color marker for each row. Post the pages next to the

applicable duty area, horizontally across the wall.

Duty

Task

Duty

Co-Facilitator: As the team reaches consensus on a task (indicated by

the "circled" items on the flipchart), write each task statement on a

separate page and post it on the wall. Also, begin typing the "task

content" document (refer to Segment 3, Appendix A, for example). This

document shows each task and its associated "folded-in" items (as

indicated by the color-coded crossed-out items on the flipchart). This

information serves as some of the task content information that will be

very useful during the design phase of SAT, so you need to document it

accurately.

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