Stand Up Meeting Anti Patterns

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?


•Keep Them Short

•Maintain Alertness

•Minimize Distractions

Goals Of Stand Up Meeting




Reflect Daily on Progress of Sprint Goals



Identify and Mitigate Issues and Risks



Foster Collaboration and Team Spirit

Anti Patterns


Anti Pattern Categories


•Symptomatic

•Deviant Behaviours

•Practices

Symptomatic Anti Patterns


Symptomatic


Anti Pattern:

Risks/Issues Not Identified

Inference:

Blaming Culture

Inaction

Solution:

Tracking, through Improvement Board

Symptomatic


Anti Pattern:

Directed Meeting

Inference:

Team Not Self Organized

Command & Control Mindset

Solution:

Empower Team To Run Meeting

Symptomatic


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


Deviant Behaviour


Anti Pattern:

Being Late

Implication:

Disruption

Loss of Context

Solution:

Non-Humiliating Penalty

Deviant Behaviour


Anti Pattern:

Storytelling

Implication:

Loss Of Rhythm

Tuning Out

Solution:

‘Take It Offline’

Deviant Behaviour


Anti Pattern:

Side Conversations

Implication:

Distraction

Loss of Context

Solution:

Use of Token, with Discipline

Practice Anti Patterns


Practice


Anti Pattern:

Away From Story Wall

Implication:

Loss of Context

Loss of Focus on Progress

Solution:

Meet Around Story Wall

Practice


Anti Pattern:

Excluding Team Members

Implication:

‘Us vs. Them’ Feeling

Dependencies Missed Out

Solution:

Include ‘All’ Team Members

Practice


Anti Pattern:

Allowing ‘Chickens’ To Speak

Implication:

Interruptions

Side Tracking

Solution:

‘Chickens’ To Be Observers Only

Points To Ponder


Points To Ponder


•Are They Effective?

•Are Energy Levels High?

•Are Anti Patterns Identified and Mitigated?

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