Due the impact of the Covid-19 and the restrictions imposed on travel and work, project delivery teams are under huge pressure to find new ways of gathering requirements, reviewing processes and developing new features in order to improve services and products.
Whether you are a Business Analyst, Project Manager or an IT Consultant, if you are tasked with planning and facilitating workshops virtually and you are wondering how to go about doing it, you have landed yourself on the right article.
As an enthusiastic Business Analyst and Agile advocate who is constantly looking to find new tools to conduct business analysis activities, I remember the first time when I came across Miro whilst navigating through the various apps available on Microsoft Teams.
Having downloaded Miro and self trained myself on how to use it, I have successfully planned, managed and facilitated multiple workshops virtually with stakeholders across multiple business functions and remote locations.
Below are 5 key benefits why you should use Miro for your next virtual workshop
1.Workshop Experience
Miro provides you with the tools, features and environment that you need to facilitate and conduct workshops efficiently and effectively. Since all users are able to view, update and share ideas on sticky notes in real time, i provided a similar experience to running physical workshops.
2. Rich Templates
Whether you are looking to brainstorm new ideas, engage attendees in identifying issues/ opportunities or simply defining a process, there are multiple ready made templates that you can utilise. These range from user story boards and mind maps to customer journey maps and product roadmaps.
3. Multiple Artefacts Single Location
Miro enables you to create a dedicated board for your project where you can design multiple frames for relevant artefacts needed for the discovery or engagement activity. You can zoom in and out of the board to focus on each activity. Imagine having all your documents in one places without having to switch between Excel, Word, Power Point or Visio.
4. User Friendly Tool
Miro is a very intuitive, simple and easy to use tool which suits both tech savvy and less tech savvy attendees who are looking to engage and contribute positively during the workshop. It takes few minutes for attendees to get familiarised with the tool, create new sticky notes or update existing templates.
5. Quality Output
With built in templates and multiple options for export including image, PDF and CSV, options are endless. The modern and slick design and outputs of these artefacts will definitely not only impress senior management and the wider stakeholder community but will also save you time and energy pre, during and post workshops.