Which task is difficult with your setup?
A difficult task identifies how the current setup affects the work being attempted. Describe the functional gap without treating the response as a safety assessment.
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Work location setup survey
Find equipment gaps across working locations.
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ILLUSTRATIVE FINDING → ACTION
What people might say
People lack a second display for analysis tasks.
What you could investigate
Review task-specific equipment requests.
Synthetic scenario, not a customer result.
Read the answers carefully
Keep the conclusion within the evidence.
Do not collect private home addresses or photos.
People lack a second display for analysis tasks. This is a synthetic example, not a customer result. Do not collect private home addresses or photos.
A useful starting point
Questions to understand the actual experience.
Find equipment gaps across working locations. Use the prompts relevant to your audience and allow people to skip situations they did not encounter. Keep response handling consistent with what you explain in the invitation.
If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate.
What equipment request is unclear?
An unclear equipment request reveals where people cannot identify the approved process for their location. Clarify verified categories and contacts, without promising provision or treating a completed request as proof of a safe setup.
What would improve switching locations?
An improvement when switching locations identifies equipment, information or coordination needed across setups. Verify the approved request route and actual provision before changing guidance.
If nothing was unclear or difficult, say so. Skip questions about steps you did not experience; use not applicable where appropriate. Which task is difficult with your setup? What equipment request is unclear? What would improve switching locations?
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A worked interpretation example
From a comment to a practical next step.
Illustrative scenario. These are not customer results.
Keep the finding specific
People lack a second display for analysis tasks.
Choose an action to test
Review task-specific equipment requests.
Check the experience again
After trying the change, repeat “Which task is difficult with your setup?” with people who experienced it. Check whether they still describe the original issue: people lack a second display for analysis tasks. Compare explanations and sample context, rather than claiming the change caused an improvement.
Before you send it
Check what your wording assumes.
Would you agree that everything about work location setup was clear and easy?
Which task is difficult with your setup?
The first wording combines an assumed positive outcome with two different judgments. The revised prompt asks about a specific experience and permits an inconvenient or uncertain answer.
Choose the response format
Make room for the explanation.
| Question | Suggested format | What to preserve |
|---|---|---|
| Which task is difficult with your setup? | Optional short text | Retain the specific point or condition described; avoid replacing it with an unexplained rating. |
| What equipment request is unclear? | Optional written explanation | Keep context that distinguishes different experiences. Do not collect private home addresses or photos. |
| What would improve switching locations? | Optional improvement suggestion | Keep the suggested change separate from whether it has been tested. Review task-specific equipment requests. |
Make questions optional where appropriate. If you add a rating scale, label its endpoints, keep one idea per question, and retain a follow-up for reasons. These examples are not a validated measurement instrument.
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Make the feedback useful.
Set the decision
Start with the decision: Find equipment gaps across working locations.
Invite relevant voices
Invite people with relevant experience. Ask after someone has encountered the situation described in “Which task is difficult with your setup?”, while they can still recall the details. For material testing, show the actual draft first; for planning, ask before the next relevant activity.
Choose an action
Review task-specific equipment requests.
Before you send it
Questions, answered.
Who should receive this questionnaire?
People and team leaders who experienced the working arrangement. Ask only about steps each person encountered; do not treat a voluntary response sample as representative.
When should I ask these questions?
Ask after someone has encountered the situation described in “Which task is difficult with your setup?”, while they can still recall the details. For material testing, show the actual draft first; for planning, ask before the next relevant activity.
What should I investigate in the answers?
People lack a second display for analysis tasks. This is an illustrative pattern to look for, not a claim about your respondents. Do not collect private home addresses or photos.
What would a practical follow-up look like?
Review task-specific equipment requests. After trying the change, repeat “Which task is difficult with your setup?” with people who experienced it. Check whether they still describe the original issue: people lack a second display for analysis tasks. Compare explanations and sample context, rather than claiming the change caused an improvement.
How should I ask “What equipment request is unclear?”?
An unclear equipment request reveals where people cannot identify the approved process for their location. Clarify verified categories and contacts, without promising provision or treating a completed request as proof of a safe setup. Use an optional written explanation when predefined choices would hide relevant context.
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