How do you make your standups effective - Agile Philly2024-03-29T07:21:57Zhttp://www.agilephilly.com/forum/topics/how-do-you-make-your-standups-effective?commentId=3783271%3AComment%3A15110&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAnd Martin Fowler posted this…tag:www.agilephilly.com,2011-09-20:3783271:Comment:162082011-09-20T15:42:08.570ZJohn Voris, Lead Coordinatorhttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JohnVoris
<p>And Martin Fowler posted this about Stand-ups just last month</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html">http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html</a></p>
<p>I like the idea of the Improvement Board, but I could see where that would be a Futures-Wishlist is not policed and acted upon.</p>
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<p>And Martin Fowler posted this about Stand-ups just last month</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html">http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html</a></p>
<p>I like the idea of the Improvement Board, but I could see where that would be a Futures-Wishlist is not policed and acted upon.</p>
<p> </p> Yeah, Jay let us know. Andre…tag:www.agilephilly.com,2011-09-15:3783271:Comment:155282011-09-15T18:43:54.336ZRavindar Gujralhttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/RavindarGujral
Yeah, Jay let us know. Andre is probably going to share slides with you :)
Yeah, Jay let us know. Andre is probably going to share slides with you :) Ravi and I have a few slides…tag:www.agilephilly.com,2011-09-12:3783271:Comment:151242011-09-12T17:28:06.607ZD. André Dhondthttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/DAndreDhondt
<p>Ravi and I have a few slides on this topic that we could use for the "Intro to Agile" section of the upcoming event--<a href="http://www.agilephilly.com/events/agile-scrum-for-embedded-software-by-helen-muth" target="_blank">Wed the 14th at Devry</a>--are you going to be there?</p>
<p>Just as a teaser, our slides point out how a stand-up needs to be about connection--once people's attention starts to wander, there's a problem. We also have worked with teams that use multiple stand-ups a…</p>
<p>Ravi and I have a few slides on this topic that we could use for the "Intro to Agile" section of the upcoming event--<a target="_blank" href="http://www.agilephilly.com/events/agile-scrum-for-embedded-software-by-helen-muth">Wed the 14th at Devry</a>--are you going to be there?</p>
<p>Just as a teaser, our slides point out how a stand-up needs to be about connection--once people's attention starts to wander, there's a problem. We also have worked with teams that use multiple stand-ups a day, since they can be great at reminding us to stop & look around at the team as well as the big picture.</p> I really like the idea of cha…tag:www.agilephilly.com,2011-09-12:3783271:Comment:153352011-09-12T14:22:56.270ZJay Kalbachhttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/JayKalbach
<p>I really like the idea of changing the questions to keep people thinking. </p>
<p> The status updates thing does seem to happen organically. While a status on what they did is important, I am more interested in are they on target and what help they need from the team.</p>
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<p>Keep the ideas coming. Thanks</p>
<p>I really like the idea of changing the questions to keep people thinking. </p>
<p> The status updates thing does seem to happen organically. While a status on what they did is important, I am more interested in are they on target and what help they need from the team.</p>
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<p>Keep the ideas coming. Thanks</p> Change the format, regularly.…tag:www.agilephilly.com,2011-09-11:3783271:Comment:151102011-09-11T01:14:36.345ZD. André Dhondthttp://www.agilephilly.com/profile/DAndreDhondt
<p>Change the format, regularly. Avoid status updates--use a story wall or a big visible version of your electronic tracking system (projected on the wall, or on a large monitor) to communicate status instead. Then focus on what decisions need to be made as a group.</p>
<p>Change the questions--try <em>one</em> of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>are we on target to finish this iteration on time?</li>
<li>what's important?</li>
<li>anyone want a second opinion on something they're working…</li>
</ul>
<p>Change the format, regularly. Avoid status updates--use a story wall or a big visible version of your electronic tracking system (projected on the wall, or on a large monitor) to communicate status instead. Then focus on what decisions need to be made as a group.</p>
<p>Change the questions--try <em>one</em> of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>are we on target to finish this iteration on time?</li>
<li>what's important?</li>
<li>anyone want a second opinion on something they're working on?</li>
</ul>
<p>There's a lot more... what do you think of these ideas so far?</p>