A Big Room is more than a space. It's a state of mind

Abstract

To get up to speed on this effective approach, the question is not "What is a Big Room?" but "How can I Big Room successfully?" Big ideas, big collaboration, big results Tammy McConaughy Permission granted by CRB In a traditional working session, you might have a room full of people, with each person taking turns reporting to the group. A Big Room creates an opportunity for project teams to advance work rapidly. Aspects of a Big Room To start, you need a Big Room champion or small core group to establish the room and set its purpose. Where does a Big Room happen? Although we've established that a Big Room does not need to be a big space, teams do need to congregate. There are a few models that work: Co-location: Big Room participants are physically located together in the Big Room, with no virtual attendees. Every project can benefit from a Big Room mindset It's never too early to put a project into a Big Room, and it should run throughout the lifetime of the project. Big Rooms can solve issues that might have halted a project in the past: scheduling, supply chain impacts and design challenges all vanish in the face of a well-run Big Room.