stand up meeting anti patterns

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Presentation delivered at Agile Tour Conference @ Chennai on Oct 20, 2012. The presentation is about anti patterns which reduce the effectiveness of stand up meetings, and how to overcome them.

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Stand Up Meeting Anti Patterns

Sunil Mundra Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks

20th October, 2012

What Is A Stand Up Meeting?

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Why Stand Up?

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•Keep Them Short

•Maintain Alertness

•Minimize Distractions

Goals Of Stand Up Meeting

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Goals Of Stand Up Meeting

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Reflect Daily on Progress of Sprint Goals

Goals Of Stand Up Meeting

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Identify and Mitigate Issues and Risks

Goals Of Stand Up Meeting

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Foster Collaboration and Team Spirit

Anti Patterns

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Anti Pattern Categories

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•Symptomatic

•Deviant Behaviours

•Practices

Symptomatic Anti Patterns

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Symptomatic

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Anti Pattern:

Risks/Issues Not Identified

Inference:

Blaming Culture

Inaction

Solution:

Tracking, through Improvement Board

Symptomatic

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Anti Pattern:

Directed Meeting

Inference:

Team Not Self Organized

Command & Control Mindset

Solution:

Empower Team To Run Meeting

Symptomatic

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Anti Pattern:

Status Update/Review Undertone

Inference:

Meeting Is For The ‘Manager’

Focus on Tasks, Not Value

Solution:

Value Driven and Team Based Metrics

Deviant Behaviour Anti Patterns

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Deviant Behaviour

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Anti Pattern:

Being Late

Implication:

Disruption

Loss of Context

Solution:

Non-Humiliating Penalty

Deviant Behaviour

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Anti Pattern:

Storytelling

Implication:

Loss Of Rhythm

Tuning Out

Solution:

‘Take It Offline’

Deviant Behaviour

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Anti Pattern:

Side Conversations

Implication:

Distraction

Loss of Context

Solution:

Use of Token, with Discipline

Practice Anti Patterns

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Practice

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Anti Pattern:

Away From Story Wall

Implication:

Loss of Context

Loss of Focus on Progress

Solution:

Meet Around Story Wall

Practice

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Anti Pattern:

Excluding Team Members

Implication:

‘Us vs. Them’ Feeling

Dependencies Missed Out

Solution:

Include ‘All’ Team Members

Practice

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Anti Pattern:

Allowing ‘Chickens’ To Speak

Implication:

Interruptions

Side Tracking

Solution:

‘Chickens’ To Be Observers Only

Points To Ponder

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Points To Ponder

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•Are They Effective?

•Are Energy Levels High?

•Are Anti Patterns Identified and Mitigated?

QUESTIONS?

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THANK YOU!

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