Before you can run, you have to start walking.

Hello beloved readers, the project which was born some weeks ago, has the last two days started to prepare it self for the next two months.

Have you ever seen a Rocky movie, where Rocky does not do a lot of practice before he enters the ring? I do not think so. Personally I love the training sequence of Rocky IV, where he trains in the mountain. The KaosPilot is luckily enough not that physical, actually its very little physical, but still working as a KaosPilot; you have to train before you can enter the ring of a project. This process is called the preject phase.
The are many reasons why every project should have a preject, but one of the main reasons is to make a group of people have the same understanding of the purpose of their project, and agree up on the frames they are working from. Basically one can say that the members of the group can have the same project map to navigate in.
The result is that the group is more sustainable in understanding each other, and work as a team.

To do a preject you need;

Participants, amount depends on how many people are involved in the project.
A big bowl of honesty.
Pens, 3 water proof, 3 white board markers. Different colours.
Post-it notes. 50-200.
A roll of white/brown paper, 20 meters.
Facilitator/facilitators.
Patience
Time

You start first to mix the group. Secondly the group agrees to meet up at a certain day, during a set time frame, and work on what they find essantial for them to succeed in the best possible way for their project. The areas covered during the preject are usually;

• Common understanding of the task.

• Who are the different persons in the group, what their competences are, what they have to work more on as individuals, fears and dreams as individuals considering the project.

• The group values, how to nourish these values. What work condition is required for this group to function in the best way possible?

• A facilitator is the host of the day, that person is responsible for the agenda and the tools used to make the process a great experience. During our third semester at the KaosPilots, we are trained to conduct facilitations.

• Time and patience is essential, so that every member of the group has the opportunity to talk and speak out what is on their mind and heart.


The last two days has been our preject face, and it has been two very giving days.
We have covered what we felt were important, and we are ready to rumble, and like Rocky I believe we will display an outstanding performance, and also the endurance he has shown by being on the top of the game the last 30 years.

Ideo is a worldwide company who are very creative and they work with creating new ideas and products. There is a book; “The art of innovation”, which describes their methods and work faces. We have tried to implement their thoughts in our work progress and methods; hopefully we will be able to learn a lot from their way of working. By using their faces we have created some gates, containing goals, which we have to reach at given times during the project, and our time line looks absolutely doable. It must also be mentioned that version 1.0 of the time frame is not made by an artist.

More will come, and you can follow our journey forward on this page.

Yours P.