# Run

**WHAT YOU’RE IN FOR...**

This is where you run all the activities defined in the agenda and planned in your schedule.

Remember:

* The **Agenda** defines the activities to conduct (and is the core of the Inception),
* The **Schedule** helps with the logistics. 

**FACILITATOR OR CONTRIBUTOR?**

As a facilitator, we need to make sure we facilitate delivery of the expected outcomes, react to change as needed, and ‘herd the cats’. As a contributor, we collaborate towards the achievement of these outcomes.

The **Facilitator**, **Contributors**’ and **Principles** Cheat Sheets provide further detail on how to take part in an Inception. You’ll find them in the Cheat Sheet section.

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### Pro tips

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Do not let yourselves be rushed into running the inception, prepare well, and include the core inception team into planning the inception.
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Do not run the inception with half the team, or an overly inexperienced or ill-prepared team.
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Frequently check the temperature with your client. Not many clients will have done this before. Ensure they understand what’s going on and why. Demonstrate progress and show a clear narrative of how one activity leads to another, and ultimately works to the inception goals.
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Be strong: you are the specialists and know how this is done best. But appreciate that clients can get uneasy if they don’t know what’s going on.
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Regularly check in with your team to ensure they are happy, aligned and on track.
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Do not run too fast. You don’t have to answer all questions in an inception. You need broad brush-strokes. Where you cannot answer an important area, treat it as a risk or dependency. Flag it as something to answer later or extend inception.
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Refuse to provide recommendations and judgements too early. Such statements can easily become ‘truth’ and are hard to change later.
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Do not commit to definitive outcomes or low-level requirements specification and planning. Remember, we are working in an agile way, and these details will emerge later.
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