JAD (Joint Application Design or Development) is a term coined and trademarked by IBM in the early 1980s. It is one of numerous kinds of facilitation methods.

The various methods have these features in common:

A well-defined process

Attention to the planning and design of the workshops

Pre-defined roles and deliverables

Collaborative discovery, definition and specification

The use of a skilled facilitator and a workshop recorder

Customer participation and sponsorship

Attention to group processes and dynamics

Copyright, Ellen Gottesdiener, 2006