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From Pilot Reflection to Report: A 5<5 Report [3 of 3]

10/8/2012

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Snapshot: Systematic Approach to Pilots
 From Idea to Pilot: A 5x5 Approach [1 of 3]
 From Pilot to Reflection: A 5=5 Method [2 of 3]

I like to "do,"  which generally takes an action learning form described previously, From Idea to Pilot. By the time I learn through a pilot, it grows into something, pivots or gets abandoned under the ethos of fail often, early.  Whichever direction, I stop for reflective learning as described, From Pilot to Reflection, but rarely stop to write up what I learned because a new opportunity for learning already beckons. 

If you have seen previous efforts to document learnings... something akin to tomes turned blah-blah posts, it may be clear why I resist the report stage.  That said, I have experimented with an iterative design in hacking life and on the off chance, that might accelerate someone else's journey, it seems worthwhile.  So this month, I challenge myself to a new report format.  Simple. Short. Sweet. and whenever possible visual.    

The "report" formula will be a 5<5*:  
5 things that I wish someone had told me before I started. 
Reports completed in <5% of the time spent on the project.

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Keep an eye out for the 5*5 icon to find pilot/prototype posts. 





*Thanks to Ian Page for the idea for the 5<5 report format. 


Do you have a format for reporting on pilots & prototypes?  Please share!

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