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]]> By: arex http://www.dawnbringer3d.com/?p=80&cpage=1#comment-54 arex Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:44:34 +0000 http://www.dawnbringer3d.com/?p=80#comment-54 True - that is what we are now doing with our weekly meetings, but on the sprint retrospective things tendeed last long as there were always many issues to be solved. I think it is due many concurrent projects going on (2-4), and projects changing all the time (2-4 month projects mostly). The difference to long term projects is big, at least from my experience. Yeah, we saw it better for us that the manager would take action points on (almost every) issues. It would take too much time from team members to solve the issues. They are always involved in a way or another. The manager is also part of the dev team doing programming. True – that is what we are now doing with our weekly meetings, but on the sprint retrospective things tendeed last long as there were always many issues to be solved.

I think it is due many concurrent projects going on (2-4), and projects changing all the time (2-4 month projects mostly). The difference to long term projects is big, at least from my experience.

Yeah, we saw it better for us that the manager would take action points on (almost every) issues. It would take too much time from team members to solve the issues. They are always involved in a way or another. The manager is also part of the dev team doing programming.

]]> By: Clinton Keith http://www.dawnbringer3d.com/?p=80&cpage=1#comment-53 Clinton Keith Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:22:29 +0000 http://www.dawnbringer3d.com/?p=80#comment-53 A couple of comments: - Timebox the meetings to 15-30 minutes. - Ask only the three questions - Post the answers in team space - Always have them after every review. This should solve problems 2&3. However, I am concerned about the statement "let the manager take action points on them." No wonder the meetings aren't producing results! Let the team solve team problems. Get the manager out of there. A couple of comments:
- Timebox the meetings to 15-30 minutes.
- Ask only the three questions
- Post the answers in team space
- Always have them after every review.

This should solve problems 2&3.
However, I am concerned about the statement
“let the manager take action points on them.”

No wonder the meetings aren’t producing results! Let the team solve team problems. Get the manager out of there.

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