From the planning stage onward, PRL workshops require a significant time investment from leadership. Demanding schedules can make it difficult to find the time needed for thorough preparation. However, insufficient language research and/or training in PRL methodology will negatively impact the workshop's outcomes. The facilitation team is strongly encouraged to prioritize planning to ensure that workshop activities will adequately address the language's key features.

Not all groups work at the same pace. Groups that work more slowly may not be able to cover all the desired topics in a single workshop. Leaders will need to be flexible, adjusting pacing and expectations according to the participants' workflow. Daily check-ins on the progress of each work team will help the leader better guide the group in effective time management and quality results.  

In addition, facilitators should be wary of spending too much time on a topic unnecessarily. For example, if it becomes clear that the language has a low functional load of lexical tone, it is best to cut short tone sorting in order to invest time in other activities. 

When setting the pace for research activities, it is important to watch for signs of fatigue. Exhaustion can result in both lower morale and increased mistakes. Providing adequate breaks and changes in activities will yield better outcomes.

At the end of a PRL workshop, it is hoped that any unfinished resource materials will be completed as post-workshop assignments. But, for this to happen, there will need to be both a high level of motivation among community members and intentional follow-up from the linguist.

Considering in advance what materials the community would like to produce as a result of the workshop can help teams use their workshop time more strategically. While most teams are able to complete a revised alphabet and a vowel booklet within a typical workshop, other materials (such orthography guides and story booklets) often take more intentional time and planning to do well. 

After the workshop is over, linguists are strongly encouraged to create time in their schedule to follow-up with communities, providing encouragement, direction and advice, as needed. While PRL workshops empower participants to carry forward the language's development, in-workshop training is not necessarily intended to replace formal linguistics training or training in other topics (for example, discourse, cross-linguistic comparisons, textual analysis, etc.). Participants with interest and aptitude should be encouraged to pursue further linguistics training in order to grow in their skills and experience. 

Ideally, a typical PRL workshop will result in a phonology statement, an orthography guide, and a morphosyntax description that can be used as resources by language developers. In addition to these documents, linguists may want to write a sketch of the language for academic publication. Unfortunately, heavy workloads can make it difficult to find time to write up results. Linguists will need to build time into their schedules for language description. If the workshop leader chooses to delegate the description to younger colleagues, making time to provide feedback on their write-ups is important for their growth and development as linguists.