Pre-kick-off questions

Strategy & project objectives
On the strategic side, the following questions can help you to sharpen your Starmind use case:

  1. What problem are we trying to solve with Starmind?
  2. What is our long-term strategy and vision?
  3. What is our project goal?
  4. What would we like to showcase and our management to know about?

Now that you've learned about the best ways to strategically implement Starmind within your company, it's time to dig a bit deeper.

We've prepared a few questions to help you to reflect on your company's current culture, knowledge exchange, and vision. We'd like you to consider how the implementation of Starmind exactly can help you optimize internal processes. To help you to deploy Starmind in the most optimal way for your company, we would like to ask you to read the following questions and to be able to provide us with the answers before we begin the rollout process.

We know that each of the questions listed below might not suit your situation, but this gives us a chance to have a closer look and think about your company's status quo.

  • How do you exchange knowledge now? What works well with the current knowledge exchange process and what does not?
  • In which processes of the respective departments do you see a high demand for knowledge exchange?
  • Is there an overload of tools (in the field of collaboration) within your company?
  • Can you see a possible competitor (e.g., another tool) for Starmind within your company?
  • Are there possible risks you can see for the implementation of Starmind?
  • Do you expect internal resistance towards Starmind?
  • Who could be possible supporters (ambassadors, multiplicators) of Starmind?
  • Which exact processes in daily working life can be supported by Starmind?
  • Which problems could Starmind possibly solve?
  • How do you solve these problems nowadays with current processes?
  • Which departments will be invited to use Starmind?
  • How many employees work within those departments?
  • Can Starmind cater to any strategic initiatives within your company?
  • What is your expectation of Starmind?
  • What are the main critical success factors for the usage of Starmind for you?