Session-kind decision tree
This post is part of 101 ideas for agile teams.
Context
There are many meetings in your company. Meetings have a low level of energy and do not produce good results. The attendees are mostly bored.
Meetings are the only way for people to meet, discuss and decide.
Action
Develop a session-kind decision tree with your team. The session-kind decision tree is guidance to select the right kind of session for different goals.
There is no one-fits-all session-kind decision tree, but here is an example for you to start your discussion with your team.
What you gain
You get fewer meetings. Meetings are replaced with other formats better suited to meet the needs of the people involved.
How to strengthen
Continuously improve the session-kind decision tree based on your experience with this tool:
- add new formats
- sharpen the criteria for the different kinds
Risks
The team does not have the discipline to follow the session-kind decision tree and falls back into the old one meeting kind for all purposes. → use the Retrospective to remind everyone why you made the session-kind decision tree.
People outside the team are the cause for a lot of meetings. → Talk to them about your decision-tree.
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