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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