{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/brief-the-team-before-consequential-work-starts",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0366",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Brief the team before consequential work starts",
  "summary": "Five minutes of shared plan can be cheaper than five different plans.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Before execution, align on the goal, roles, sequence, known risks, available resources and the signal that would require replanning. Keep the brief short enough to preserve momentum. Its output is a shared plan, not meeting minutes.",
  "limits": [
    "Do not add a formal brief to low-risk work that one person can perform safely without coordination."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-high-reliability-communication"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-A1C0CC62DAC0EEBE"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "AHRQ TeamSTEPPS brief guidance asks teams to align on goals, roles, responsibilities, plan, workload and resources before work.",
      "source_id": "RS-A1C0CC62DAC0EEBE",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "The brief should be proportional to the task; low-risk individual work does not need a team ceremony.",
      "locator": "Brief checklist"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "Several people will act in parallel on a task where role confusion or resource gaps can create failure."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "Do not add a formal brief to low-risk work that one person can perform safely without coordination."
  ],
  "example": "Before a production mass update, identify who runs it, who watches locks, who validates results and who can stop the batch.",
  "check": "Team members can independently state the same goal, their role and the main stop condition.",
  "steps": [
    "The goal and success condition are explicit.",
    "Each critical role has an owner.",
    "Dependencies and sequence are understood.",
    "Important constraints and resources are visible.",
    "A trigger for huddling or stopping is named.",
    "Open disagreements are resolved or escalated before execution."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-A1C0CC62DAC0EEBE",
      "title": "Sharing the Care Plan: Brief",
      "url": "https://www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/tools/briefs.html"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "from": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0366",
      "to": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0367",
      "type": "use_before",
      "url": "/knowledge/huddle-when-reality-invalidates-the-plan"
    }
  ],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-EDE4DDA550A31359",
      "title": "Close the communication loop when ambiguity can become an error",
      "url": "/collections/close-the-communication-loop-when-ambiguity-can-become-an-error"
    }
  ]
}