IDOARRT
Updated 2026-08-11
INTRODUCTION
English translation pending.
CORE DEFINITION
IDOARRT is a checklist for designing a meeting, with seven elements. Intention states why the meeting is being held. Desired outcome states what should exist when it ends. Objectives list the specific items to be accomplished. Agenda sets the topics and their order. Roles assign who does what, including facilitator and note taker. Rules establish basic norms of conduct. Time allocates minutes to each agenda item. The framework's premise is that most unproductive meetings lack an explicit outcome rather than an agenda, since an agenda without a stated result permits discussion that consumes time without producing a decision.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Use intention test: write why the meeting exists and cancel it if no answer survives scrutiny. - Use outcome statement: name the artifact or decision that must exist at the end. - Use time boxing: assign minutes to each agenda item so overruns become visible immediately.
Anchor fast decisions
Meetings drift because discussion is self-sustaining and nothing marks when it has succeeded. Stating a desired outcome supplies that stopping condition, so the group can tell whether it is done rather than whether time has run out. Assigning roles distributes the work of keeping the process on track, which is what prevents one person from both participating and facilitating. Time boxes make overruns visible at the moment they happen, which converts a vague sense of a long meeting into a specific decision about what to cut.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- sessionlab.comhttps://sessionlab.com/methods/idoarrt-meeting-designverified
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