Redesigning a workplace can be a fun and exciting process for a company and everyone involved. However, when major changes occur problems and questions and problems quickly follow. The process that a company uses to design and develope changes in the workplace are essential to the sucess and usefulness of the finished product. Involving everyone's ideas and gathering information from a broad range of users is the best way to insure success. Here are some of the critical issues and concerns that should be addressed when planning a participatory process.