Grid Design15% of the exam
Grid design workshop, pressure test and sign-off
How a consultant runs the grid design workshop and gets the design signed off: who attends and approves, the best-practices-first agenda, evaluation criteria, the five pressure-test questions, sign-off stakeholders and deadline, the executive summary, the session sequence and a workspace decision tree for growth.
Support grid design final sign-off.
~7 min read · 9 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Assemble the workshop team (executive sponsors, Slack product owners, business-unit representatives) and settle early who approves the final design.
- Run the workshop in order: best practices first, then the options, guiding the client to judge sustainability, end-user experience and admin workload, and documenting feedback.
- Pressure test the selected option with the five best-practice questions, including the 80% test and the six, twelve and eighteen month horizon.
- Close with the sign-off stakeholders and a deadline, then deliver an executive summary with workspace and channel recommendations.
- Place the workshop in the session sequence and leave the client a workspace decision tree for growth.
Key terms:
- Grid design workshop: an educational, advisory session where the consultant teaches grid best practices and walks the client through the options for an Enterprise organization (Enterprise Grid or Enterprise+ plan).
- Pressure test: checking the selected option against the best practices before the workshop ends.
- Executive summary: the final grid design deliverable the client uses to implement and grow Slack.
- Workspace decision tree: questions admins ask before agreeing to create a new workspace.
Key facts
Workshop team
- Detail
- Executive sponsors, Slack product owners, key department or business-unit representatives
Approvers
- Detail
- Decide how and by whom the design is approved when assembling the team
Workshop length
- Detail
- 60 minutes; a follow-up may be needed
Agenda order
- Detail
- Best practices overview first, then the options
Evaluation criteria
- Detail
- Sustainability, end-user experience, admin workload
Future-proof horizon
- Detail
- Six, twelve and eighteen months
Closing the workshop
- Detail
- Identify sign-off stakeholders and set a clear deadline
Session timing
- Detail
- After discovery; policies session around the same time; before channel strategy
Executive summary
- Detail
- Workspaces with access level, channels with type and privacy, benefits, considerations
Growth guidance
- Detail
- A workspace decision tree
- Why decide who approves the grid when the project team is assembled?
- Which three criteria should the client use to evaluate each model?
- When should the channel strategy session happen relative to the grid workshop?
- What four items belong in the executive summary?
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