Briefing protects us from working against the wrong objectives. Agreement in writing is essential to have shared clarity of purpose.
Efficiency is achieved by clear aims and focus of effort. The view that not writing a brief is faster, assumes that faster to the first presentation of an idea is the aim, rather than faster to agreed work. Without a written brief the work can be creatively brilliant and extremely effective in working against the wrong objectives.
Briefing Requirements
- What indicates performance?
- Which information is necessary to complete the task?
- Where are we now?
- Where do we want to be?
- What are we doing to get there?
- Who do we need to talk to?
- How will we know when we have arrived?
Agreement in writing is essential to have shared clarity of purpose.
