Agile Practices for Families : Iteration with Children and Parents

Agile Practices for Families: Iteration with

Children and Parents

Reporter: LIU TENG-YUANNational Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.E-mail: wocknes@hotmail.com

David Starr and Eleanor Starr

IntroFamily: Dad,Mom,four childrenCondition: chaotic, chores aren’t getting

doneSolution:

*list was created

Incentive ModelsA.Daily Points A majority vote by the group that a person has performed well earns a point. If promised work is not completed,points are withheld Points are accumulated to purchase somethingB.Cotchas(is short for “Caught You Doing Something Good”) separate incentive model Judge by Dad ,Mom,or each other children Positive behaviorget points Negative behaviortake away Cotchas(in an envelope) *20 points redeem a family activity ex ： trip,picnic,or fish

Family MethodologyA. Vocabulary

B. Information Boards Install at conspicuous space where the family meets during weekly Family Retrospective and Planning meeting

C. ArtifactsDaily and personal tasksDaily and shared tasksWeekly and personal tasksWeekly and shared tasks*Ad-hoc responsibilities

Family Methodology

D. Daily Family Stand-up (after dinner except Friday and Saturday)

Fri. and Sat. is for break, Sun. is toward performance over the week

E. Weekly Family Planning Meeting Prepare the work for the next week Reduced the number of “run-time surprises”

Allow any voice in planning process*meeting(3 distinct phases)

1.Retrospective2.Allowance(Give,Invest,Spend)(just like

compay)3.Planning

Family Methodology

Processing ModelsA.Continuous Flow for Parents “Promised” queue( limited 3 items ,each one 2 days) is made

break a big task to many small tasks to fit a day explain to kids

public to-do list(daily stand up meeting help remind parents)B.Iterative for Children

weekly rotation of shared tasks and *individual taskschek the boards peiodically throughout the dayeach iteration let children to learn *something

ConclusionsIncentive is more important.

it let kids become less fearful of changes and generate ideas for changes.

The process must always be open for change.Different kinds of children with diferent situations grumpy pre-teen need more time to do punitive pushups than sharing

Intro家庭： 爸爸 媽媽 四個小孩情況： 混亂 日常雜務不能確定有沒有做完解法：

檢查表

Incentive ModelsA.Daily Points 對每個人投票表決是否得到點數 答應的事情沒做到 則沒有點數 累積到一定點數可以換獎品 ( 書 )B.Cotchas(is short for “Caught You Doing Something Good”) 另外的獎勵方法 父母可以直接對小孩作獎懲 ( 得到或失去點數 ) 小孩也可以互相作獎懲 當累積一定點數可以換取選取的家庭活動 ( 釣魚 郊遊 野餐 )

西方記數的方法

Family MethodologyA. Vocabulary

B. Information Boards放在明顯的地方 , 而且是做每周回顧跟計畫的地方

C. Artifacts每天的個人工作每天大家一起的工作每周的個人工作每周大家一起的工作臨時計畫

Family Methodology

D. Daily Family Stand-up ( 晚餐後的每日檢討 )周五周六不開會作休息 , 周日再來每周檢討

E. Weekly Family Planning Meeting準備下禮拜計畫 降低每周突發事件

接受各種聲音會議 ( 分坐三個部分 )

1. 回顧上周2. 零用錢 ( 捐款 , 投資 , 花費 )( 對照公司 )3. 計畫

Family Methodology

Processing ModelsA.Continuous Flow for Parents 訂定答應的工作排成 ( 最多三個 , 每個最多兩天 )

將大的工作切割成小的工作 解釋工作給小孩

將工作公布在板子上B.Iterative for Children

共同的工作輪替每天固定檢察版子學會如何分配時間

Conclusion獎勵是必要的

小孩不會害怕改變 , 而且會有想法面對改變接受任何的改變不同的小孩用不同的方式教

頑皮的小孩要花更多時間教