Start with a person’s purpose and relationships.
A person may be a team member, a project lead, a specialist working with a customer, or a participant in another piece of work on the same day. Who they work with, for what purpose and with which responsibilities gives a room, an event and a record their meaning.
Personal work needs space for preparation, drafts, thinking and reflection. Its relationship with an organisation, a team and other stakeholders must be considered alongside what the person chooses to share. This world does not have to fit into one folder tree or a fixed persona category.
Distinguish the plan, the design and what happened.
Why are we coming together, and what contributions do we expect from whom? An interaction plan explores these questions. Interaction design considers how people will contribute, using which methods and environments. What actually happens is a related but separate record.
Not every interaction is planned or simultaneous. A conversation over several days, individual preparation, a shared workshop or an unexpected discussion can be different moments in the same work. Room, Wall and event are considered through their roles in that continuity.
From outputs to outcomes, and from outcomes to new learning.
A draft document is an output; a confirmed decision can be an outcome. What that decision changes in practice is an impact observed after implementation. Connecting them does not mean giving them all the same completion status.
There is work after an interaction, too: compiling, confirming, sharing appropriately and following up. People can express what they learned and what they have undertaken. Keep the shared working memory distinct from private reflection, so the next interaction can build on both appropriately.
