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Full Title of Project
Header 2
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Question
Answer
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Project Callsign
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Team Name
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Facilitator
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Contact Information
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Date of Announcement
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Call for Collaboration Ends
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Intended Date of Completion
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Situation 2
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What is the nature of the situation or problem the team is being formed to address?
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Are there known causes?
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Is the situation novel? If so, if there are traditional methods which would normally be used to address similar situations or problems, what are their limitations and why are they inadequate?
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What will happen if this situation is not addressed?
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Mission 2
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Given the situation, what are the team’s explicit objectives?
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Potential Avenues of Approach 2
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Given the situation and mission, what are the potential or current avenues of approach?
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For each potential or for the current approach: What tools, techniques, or expertise, alone or in combination, would be required or provide opportunities?
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What are the risks?
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What are the potential limitations?
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Milestones 2
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Project Milestone
Milestone details
Expected Date
Realized Date
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Implications of Outcome 2
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If all or some milestones were achieved what does the success mean to stakeholders, the situation, and to team members?
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What else might be affected?
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3
What work will come next?
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Administration, Logistics, and Communications 2
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Who is the facilitator responsible for the project’s completion?
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Who, if anyone, is the team accountable to?
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What resources and support elements are required?
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What resources are already available and how can they be accessed?
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What are the requirements for participation?
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How will the group communicate?
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Where and how will the work be done?
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Under what circumstances will the project close and the group disintegrate?
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Who are the current collaborators?
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Template generated from
COGSEC Facilitator’s Catechism v1.3
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Learn more about the Facilitator’s Catechism (FC) from the
Cordes & Friedman 2020
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FC article, and
Friedman & Cordes 2021
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FC Playbook
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