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.

1. Stand Up Meeting Anti Patterns
Sunil Mundra
Principal Consultant, ThoughtWorks
20th October, 2012

2. What Is A Stand Up Meeting?
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3. Why Stand Up?
• Keep Them Short
• Maintain Alertness
• Minimize Distractions
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4. Goals Of Stand Up Meeting
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5. Goals Of Stand Up Meeting
Reflect Daily on Progress
of Sprint Goals
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6. Goals Of Stand Up Meeting
Identify and Mitigate
Issues and Risks
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7. Goals Of Stand Up Meeting
Foster Collaboration and
Team Spirit
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8. Anti Patterns
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9. Anti Pattern Categories
• Symptomatic
• Deviant Behaviours
• Practices
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10. Symptomatic Anti Patterns
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11. Symptomatic
Anti Pattern:
Risks/Issues Not Identified
Inference:
Blaming Culture
Inaction
Solution:
Tracking, through Improvement Board
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12. Symptomatic
Anti Pattern:
Directed Meeting
Inference:
Team Not Self Organized
Command & Control Mindset
Solution:
Empower Team To Run Meeting
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13. 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
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14. Deviant Behaviour Anti Patterns
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15. Deviant Behaviour
Anti Pattern:
Being Late
Implication:
Disruption
Loss of Context
Solution:
Non-Humiliating Penalty
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16. Deviant Behaviour
Anti Pattern:
Storytelling
Implication:
Loss Of Rhythm
Tuning Out
Solution:
‘Take It Offline’
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17. Deviant Behaviour
Anti Pattern:
Side Conversations
Implication:
Distraction
Loss of Context
Solution:
Use of Token, with Discipline
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18. Practice Anti Patterns
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19. Practice
Anti Pattern:
Away From Story Wall
Implication:
Loss of Context
Loss of Focus on Progress
Solution:
Meet Around Story Wall
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20. Practice
Anti Pattern:
Excluding Team Members
Implication:
‘Us vs. Them’ Feeling
Dependencies Missed Out
Solution:
Include ‘All’ Team Members
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21. Practice
Anti Pattern:
Allowing ‘Chickens’ To Speak
Implication:
Interruptions
Side Tracking
Solution:
‘Chickens’ To Be Observers Only
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22. Points To Ponder
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23. Points To Ponder
• Are They Effective?
• Are Energy Levels High?
• Are Anti Patterns
Identified and Mitigated?
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24. QUESTIONS?
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25. THANK YOU!
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