1) Define scope and objective of the process improvement | Identify and characterise the problem to be solved Assess the extent to which consensus-building is an appropriate method for the problem to be solved Define objective for the project Define target audiences for output of the project |
2) Produce draft or prototype of the proposed process improvement specification | To inform the draft/prototype, use rapid literature reviews, existing guidelines, ideas sourced from specialist groups, or stakeholder surveys, interviews and focus groups Create a resource reflecting the draft or prototype with the proposed process improvement specification (e.g. video-based simulated scenario, standard operating procedure, piece of equipment) |
3) Identify participant recruitment strategy | Identify and select stakeholder groups using principles of relevance, inclusion and diversity Define strategies for ethics, recruitment, sampling and sample size |
4) Design and conduct a remote consensus-building exercise | Ethics Data collection and analysis |
5) Produce a final specification of the process improvements in light of learning from the exercise | Create resources that reflect the specified process improvements informed by the draft/prototype and the consensus-building exercise Disseminate the resources |