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| * Meetings should have a purpose. | * Meetings should have a purpose. | ||
| * Send out an agenda ahead of time, so that the purpose of the meeting is clear to all attendees and they can come prepared if necessary. Ideally this should include a quick background paragraph/ | * Send out an agenda ahead of time, so that the purpose of the meeting is clear to all attendees and they can come prepared if necessary. Ideally this should include a quick background paragraph/ | ||
| - | * After the meeting has finished, create | + | * Create |
| * Discuss this action list at the start of the next meeting if there is one. | * Discuss this action list at the start of the next meeting if there is one. | ||
| * Agree on a time limit in advance (eg an hour max) and try and stick to it: Better to have two shorter meetings with fresh people than one enormous mega-meeting that burns everyone out. | * Agree on a time limit in advance (eg an hour max) and try and stick to it: Better to have two shorter meetings with fresh people than one enormous mega-meeting that burns everyone out. | ||
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| This might help widen participation as in 2020 we are not limited to text communications. However a recording would obviously need the agreement of everyone participating and possibly limited editing, rather like minutes do. | This might help widen participation as in 2020 we are not limited to text communications. However a recording would obviously need the agreement of everyone participating and possibly limited editing, rather like minutes do. | ||
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| + | ===== Avoiding Bikeshedding ===== | ||
| + | Some general points on how to collaboratively solve problems. Key thing is to consider the problem fully before we all jump in with possible solutions. | ||
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| + | See also: [[bikeshed|]] | ||
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| + | === Think Problems === | ||
| + | * Understand the problems in detail before considering solutions | ||
| + | * Listen to all stakeholders, | ||
| + | * Use techniques such as shadowing, brainstoming | ||
| + | * Prioritise solving problems that are urgent, pervasive and valuable | ||
| + | * Write don and communicate the problems - e.g. user stories, use cases, personas, problem statements | ||
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| + | === Think Requirements === | ||
| + | * Remember there are multiple stakeholders - anyone with an interest has a voice (e.g. suppliers, potential users, others with opportunity cost) | ||
| + | * Document the problems as requirements that can be validated against when considering solutions | ||
| + | * Consider implicit requirements that are not communicated – and check them with stakeholders (e.g. tea must be in a mug) | ||
| + | * Remember specifications describe solutions and requirements describe problems | ||
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| + | === Think Emergence === | ||
| + | * Understand how your solution works in the end application - how does it interface, what is its boundary? | ||
| + | * Consider the environment in which it is operating and how it may interact - what negative or positive behaviours or consequences may emerge? | ||
| + | * Identify how it may go wrong and mitigate those effects | ||
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| + | === Think Analysis === | ||
| + | * Consider multiple possible solutions and analyse trade-offs against the requirements you have gathered | ||
| + | * Iterate - start with simple quick proof of concepts and use them to learn | ||
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| + | === Think Validation === | ||
| + | * Validate early to identify changes and errors as soon as possible | ||
| + | * Constantly communicate with stakeholders in case their needs change | ||
| ===== Bibliography ===== | ===== Bibliography ===== | ||
meetings_how_to.txt · Last modified: 2020-08-10 09:26 by river