Agile Workplace Investigation Training

What the course covers

1. The Agile Investigation Framework

   Why rigid checklists fail, the five agile phases, the defensible-investigation principles of ISO/TS 37008:2023, and the courtroom scrutiny standard.
2. Allegation Analysis

   Align the allegation to policy and law, break it down with the 5Ws, separate facts from assumptions, spot information gaps, and write a neutral working summary.
3. Investigation Planning

   Define scope, map stakeholders, prioritize information sources, set milestones with escalation checkpoints, and anticipate risk before it finds you.
4. Evidence Collection

   Collect documents and electronic data, preserve chain of custody, verify authenticity and context, build evidence timelines, and prepare the interview strategy.
5. Investigative Interviewing

   The PEACE model in workplace practice: questioning techniques, neutrality and active listening, difficult interviews, documentation, and safeguards.
6. Analysis

   Review evidence objectively, find patterns and corroboration, assess credibility, build the narrative, and reach substantiated, unsubstantiated, or inconclusive findings.
7. Reporting

   Structure the report, write defensible findings — not legal conclusions — link every finding to evidence, and handle retention, confidentiality, and remediation.
8. Capstone Investigation

   Take a mock allegation through all five phases: working summary, investigation plan, interview outline, findings determination, and report skeleton — submitted as a written capstone assignment, plus a 10-question final assessment.