Standup Protocol
Basic Guidelines
- It is suggested that meeting is done standing up due to benefits discussed in - [1]
- Always at https://meet.jit.si/opensourceecology
- Backup on phone at Free Conference Calls - Meeting_planning#Phone
- Meeting consists of Standup part and Agenda part - where agenda is discussions
- Standup part - Each person reports on Key 3 items and is alotted a timed duration: what you did yesterday (Updates); what are you doing today? (To Do Items) and blocks. Amount of time is decided upon collaboratively.
- Updates and To Do items are documented in working doc
- BLOCKS are documented as agenda items and are up for discussion.
- Work Log should reflect What You Did Yesterday
- Updates and To Do are documented with links, preferably as wiki words (these are links to other wiki pages implemented by using double brackets
- Meeting should be fun and fast paced, but it's not a substitute for social time. Space for team building is set at a separate meeting.
- Items not recorded in Agenda are not admissible
- Monday meeting adds Scorecard to standup report
- If a block requires more than 5 minutes to resolve, a special meeting is called for after standup.
Details
- 15 minutes prior to the meeting proper - participants add agenda items, review Updates, and add To Do items
- 9AM - Check-in
- 9:03 - Clarifying questions on Updates
- 9:10 - Going through To Do Items (today)
- 9:30 - Blocks and discussion
- 9:45 - Meeting Closure goal
- 10:00 AM - absolute cutoff. Any items not covered under Regular Business are shifted to next day meeting
- Meeting notes in Google Presentation with these sections:
- Updates
- Notes + decision points
- Agenda items (blocks)
- To Do Items