The Bad Meeting Retro - Supporting Cards
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The document includes participant cards detailing negative behaviors expected from individuals in a meeting, such as interrupting, dismissing the facilitator's authority, and emphasizing a personal agenda over team goals. It also describes the role of an observer and a facilitator, highlighting the challenges faced in organizing a planning day for a scrum team within a limited time. Overall, the document outlines tactics for undermining meeting effectiveness and the inherent difficulties in achieving productive collaboration.
The Bad Meeting Retro - Supporting Cards
- 1. The Bad Meeting Retro Participant Card #1 Paddy Corry, Serious ScrumPaddy Corry, Serious Scrum Participant Card #2 You hate all meetings and believe they are a waste of time. You are uncomfortable being in this meeting and point out that it is a waste of time whenever the facilitator looks like they are struggling. You particularly hate it when people arrive late to meetings and ask for a recap. (If that happens in this meeting, let the latecomer know that they are wasting everyone's time, and be quite forthright about it!) You are aware that the Facilitator wants to organise a whole day of meetings, and you hate the idea. You are also aware that another member of the team wants to lead the session, and you hate that idea. You are a better designer. Suggested Objections (but use your imagination!): 揃油油油油油 Why can't I just prepare the design and share it? 揃油油油油油 I don't want to be there. 揃 This is a meeting about a meeting! Your Belief: "all meetings are a waste of time." Your Belief: "My important point needs to be heard." On as many occasions as you can, speak over the conversation with an interruption. Talk at the same time as someone else, and make it nice and loud, and nice and rude. 油 Make sure to talk over someone who is already speaking, preferably the facilitator :) 油 Suggested interruptions could be: How can we design if we don't have the requirements? What tools will we use? We tried a design workshop before and it didn't work. This is just going to be another argument. What's the point of all this? 油 But use your imagination and add a few more of your own points The Bad Meeting Retro
- 2. Participant Card #3 Paddy Corry, Serious ScrumPaddy Corry, Serious Scrum Participant Card #4 Arrive five minutes late, without any explanation or apology. 油 Immediately interrupt the conversation to ask for a recap. If a recap is offered, ask at least one clarifying question to ensure that the group repeats part of the conversation that has already happened :) 油 If nobody is willing to offer a recap within two minutes of walking in, then tell the room the meeting is a waste of your time and walk out. If you get a recap, you can choose how you would like to participate in the meeting after that. Your Belief: "someone needs to give me a recap." Your Belief: "I think a design workshop is the right way to go." Support the facilitator when you get the chance. 油 Don't be too enthusiastic, but be positive, and say to the group that the facilitator is trying to do the right thing. 油 Explain why design is important to the team. 油 There are talented guys on the team, and they will knock this out of the park if they work together, but they are disagreeing a little bit too much lately. 油 You want to suggest that the guys work together to collaborate and share the work. Try to help the facilitator get to the conclusion of the meeting. The Bad Meeting Retro The Bad Meeting Retro
- 3. Participant Card #5 Paddy Corry, Serious ScrumPaddy Corry, Serious Scrum Participant Card #6 At first, support the idea of the design session. 油 Agree with the facilitator. 油 Support the idea of scheduling a day's design, and stress the importance. 油 As long as you lead the session of course. 油 If anyone suggests that they are going to lead the session, disagree with them. 油 You are the best designer on the team. If there is going to be a design workshop, you should lead it. Don't accept anyone else telling you they should lead it. Challenge their credentials relative to yours, and feel free to be a little bit rude about it. Your Belief: "I want to lead this session." Your Belief: "I disagree with everything the facilitator says." You are having a long-standing unresolved dispute with the facilitator. 油 It's a long story, but essentially you wanted a move to a different team, and you're sure that he blocked it somehow. You don't have proof, but you heard from one or two people.. 油 Be grumpy in the meeting with the facilitator. 油 Disagree with him/her at least once, and make sure that you act grumpy when you do. You want your behaviour to be bad enough that it is obvious to the others in the group when you disagree... The Bad Meeting RetroThe Bad Meeting Retro
- 4. Observer Card #1 Paddy Corry, Serious ScrumPaddy Corry, Serious Scrum Observer Card #2 The Facilitator's task is to organise a planning day for the Scrum Team. 油 There is ten minutes available to achieve this outcome. A big new project about to start, and it is important to spend some time understanding a high- level design before we get into scoping and estimation. 油 The Scrum Team are meeting to arrange the planning day. The game is designed as an impossible facilitation task. The facilitator is very unlikely to succeed in arranging the planning day. Take note of two things as an observer: 油 Behaviours that you think helped the meeting make progress towards the outcome, Behaviours that you think hindered the meeting make progress towards the outcome You are an observer You are an observer The Facilitator's task is to organise a planning day for the Scrum Team. 油 There is ten minutes available to achieve this outcome. A big new project about to start, and it is important to spend some time understanding a high- level design before we get into scoping and estimation. 油 The Scrum Team are meeting to arrange the planning day. The game is designed as an impossible facilitation task. The facilitator is very unlikely to succeed in arranging the planning day. Take note of two things as an observer: 油 Behaviours that you think helped the meeting make progress towards the outcome, Behaviours that you think hindered the meeting make progress towards the outcome The Bad Meeting Retro The Bad Meeting Retro
- 5. The Meetings Retro Facilitator Card Paddy Corry, Serious ScrumPaddy Corry, Serious Scrum The Meetings Retro Observer Card #3 The Scrum Team are meeting to arrange a meeting to plan and design a solution for a technical project. 油 An interesting new project is about to start, and it is important to spend some time understanding a high- level design before we get into scoping and estimation. 油 There is ten minutes available to discuss scheduling this planning day. As facilitator of this meeting, your role is to make sure that the meeting is arranged, 油 The team will have a lot of questions, so please attempt to answer their questions, but always with one eye on the outcome of this discussion. You are the facilitator You are an observer The Facilitator's task is to organise a planning day for the Scrum Team. 油 There is ten minutes available to achieve this outcome. A big new project about to start, and it is important to spend some time understanding a high- level design before we get into scoping and estimation. 油 The Scrum Team are meeting to arrange the planning day. The game is designed as an impossible facilitation task. The facilitator is very unlikely to succeed in arranging the planning day. Take note of two things as an observer: 油 Behaviours that you think helped the meeting make progress towards the outcome, Behaviours that you think hindered the meeting make progress towards the outcome