Step Back Process
The step-back process is a useful tool to be able to expand your idea to the team and receive feedback without imposing your own bias into the group. You need a team environment for this to work effectively but the team does not need to be large and it can be used to involve the wider multidisciplinary team in your project.
The lead for the project defines the aim for the project and the problem that currently exists. They then present these to the group and take questions on the problem and aim which aims to iron out any discrepancies or queries. This may help narrow the scope in a large project or help define an achievable aim.
The rest of the group then answer these next questions:
What changes could be made to achieve the aim?
What barriers exist currently?
What resources are required to enact the change?
How can we measure the impact of the change to ensure the aim has been achieved?
The project lead does not answer these questions even if they have previously thought about the answers to them. This process enables a wider range of change ideas, barriers and resources and may enable the project lead to be able to delegate aspects of the project to individuals within the group.
This process can be repeated with multiple projects in a QIP meeting to build a collection of projects within a department with a multidisciplinary approach.
