Deployment overview
| Key questions for yourself and colleagues | Risks in getting it wrong |
| How will the new team member get to the programme area and will they have everything they need to start work when they arrive? See travel | Team member arrives late and starts with a bad impression of organisation and programme |
| Perhaps this is the first time they work for your organisation or in this sort of programme or in the sector – how are you going to arrange their induction? | Team member has difficulty understanding why and how things are done |
| Has the new team member all the basic skills and knowledge required for the job or is some training required? | Slow or inadequate work |
| Who is going to provide the briefing and handover for the new team member? | Loss of knowledge, inefficiency, etc. |
| How are you going to decide whether their performance is satisfactory – or in other words are they the right person in the right job? See probationary period | Ineffective or disruptive team member |
Induction, basic training, briefing and handover overlap and the terms are used differently by different people – see checklists in resources.
Reality check
This may sound a lot – but can you afford not to do any of the above? Could the whole team be involved?