Group Case Assignment

Your work plan

​Prior to your 1. Work on the individual success worksheet (page 10)

first meeting 2. Familiarize yourself with the case and go through the role
cards (pages 13-17)
3. Schedule a meeting to get together with your group
4. Complete the Problem Solving lessons on the online
learning platform

​During your 1. Start the meeting(s) with a check-in (page 18)

meeting(s) 2. Create your team worksheet and start to discuss the
highlights of the case (page 19)
3. Work on completing the problem statement worksheet, build
your issue tree, fill-out the prioritization matrix and
synthesize your recommendation (use provided templates)
4. Align on next steps, tasks and responsibilities

​In between 1. Work on any additional tasks (if there are any)
the meetings 2. Prepare questions for and attend the Problem Solving
coaching webinar (optional)

​Upon case Only one group member should submit the Group Case
completion Assignment through the submission link that can be found in the
“Submission Instructions” section in the online learning platform,
under the London’s Traffic Problem Group Case Assignment.
The link to the form will also be sent to you by email.

​After case Attend the post-submission Case Walkthrough webinar (optional)

completion

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Group Case Assignment
Template: Problem Statement Worksheet
​Completing this problem statement workshops will be your first step to
working on the case.
​Basic question to be resolved

​Constraints within
​Context solution space ​Criteria for success

​Stakeholders ​Scope of solution space ​Key sources of insight

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Group Case Assignment
Template: Issue Tree

​Please create an issue tree for «London’s Traffic Problem»

​Use examples provided on previous page to create your own issue tree!
Feel free to add/remove as many boxes as you need.

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Group Case assignment
Template: Prioritization Matrix
​Please create a prioritization matrix for «London’s Traffic Problem».
High Impact
Impact

Low Impact

Difficult to Implement Easier to Implement

Ease of Implementation

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Group Case Assignment
Template: Recommendation
​Your fourth and final deliverable is to synthesize your recommendation for
«London’s Traffic Problem» very briefly.

​Reasoning behind your

​Your recommendation recommendation (Why)

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Group Case assignment
Template: Meeting Checklist
​Before the ​After the
meeting ​During the meeting meeting

​Planner ​Facilitator ​Reporter ​Builder ​Messenger

 Made prior  Guided the team  Documented  Reviewed the  Shared memo
settings/adjust discussion the discussion discussion and and thank you
ments for the by filling out summarized note with the
team meeting  Intervened to the provided back to team team after the
monitor the templates members meeting
 Defined the interaction of the through
meeting team members synthesizing  Made sure  Uploaded the
agenda and team ideas everyone was final group
identified the  Pushed thinking aligned on the case
meeting within the group  Aligned with all next steps assignment
outcome. members to team members
Shared both discuss on the on the ideas  Collected final
items prior to tasks: documented feedback from
the meeting team members
— Problem
 Kept the time Statement  Got
during the worksheet commitments
meeting from
— Issue tree each member
— Prioritization
matrix

— Recommen-
dation

​You did a great ​You did a great ​You did a great ​You did a great ​You did a great
job at…. job at…. job at…. job at…. job at….

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