The key idea

Survey the office as people use it, with a clear scope for the first visit.

Map the work, not just the rooms

Identify the places where wireless access supports important work: desks, meeting rooms, reception and shared areas. Ask where symptoms occur and which activities are affected. A floor with many rooms does not necessarily need equal attention in every room during an initial investigation.

Choose the first visit’s purpose. You might be validating a reported meeting-room issue or establishing a baseline before a planned change. Keep that purpose visible so the route does not become an unfocused collection of readings.

Prepare a practical route

Use a current floor image and label the floors clearly. Select a reference workstation, the affected work positions and transitions between open and enclosed spaces. Confirm access to meeting rooms before arriving so the intended route is actually possible.

Open the assignment on the Android device while connected. Check the image at phone size and confirm that the survey allowance fits the planned scope. A short evaluation is useful for learning the workflow, not for certifying a whole office.

Record context without collecting too much

Keep a concise note of relevant conditions such as layout changes or whether the reported problem was reproduced. Avoid putting staff names or unnecessary personal details on the floor image. The technical team needs enough context to repeat the visit, not a record of everyone in the office.

Use consistent device handling and deliberate floor positions. If a room is inaccessible or a fresh scan is unavailable, leave that gap explicit rather than implying the room was covered.

Give the office a clear next step

Review the readings with the original complaint in mind. Separate weak-signal observations from application performance questions. Choose an actionable follow-up and identify who owns it.

Export a report scoped to the relevant floor and share it with authorized recipients. If the next step is a network change, preserve the baseline and repeat the same important positions afterward. A modest, repeatable survey is often easier to act on than a large report with no decision attached.

Take it into the field

  • List important work areas and reported symptoms.
  • Choose a repeatable first-visit route.
  • Record gaps and relevant conditions.
  • Assign one evidence-based follow-up action.

Put your next survey on the map.

Prepare a floor on the web, capture deliberate points on Android and review the observations in one place.

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