Approach
Identify and gain agreement on the topic for the After Action Review assessment. Describe what was planned, what actually occurred and then conduct a brainstorming exercise with the participants. Two approaches can be used for gathering information.
Individual reflection
Provide orientation to the participants in doing their individual assessment of what worked well and what can be done differently in the future. Furthermore, explain to them that after their individual assessment, a group brainstorming would be conducted to generate collective insights on the topic of lessons learned with an eye towards making recommendations for actions. The following template can be provided as pre-work or used in the real-time work session:
Group insights
Three formats are examples of what templates can be used by the facilitator. This depends on the facilitator’s preference, time allocated, and willingness of the participants.
Approach A:
- Frame the definition...