More so than artificial ���team-building��� exercises, effective teams are built by regularly communicating, working, and helping each other. This is also strongly tied with team members helping each other with shared obstacles. [...]
What do we talk about during the daily stand-up? [...]
If we reconsider this in light of a focus on commitment, the questions might be re-worded as follows:
- Was I able to fulfill what I committed to?
- What am I comfortable committing to today?
- What is obstructing me in meeting my commitments?
[...] I tend to add a fourth question: ���What might help or hinder others in meeting their commitments?���
[...] maintain an information radiator [Cockburn, 2001] (aka Big Visible Chart) showing the iteration and release status and hold the stand-up near it.
Blockage Board
Post raised obstacles to a Blockage Board. This is a publicly visible whiteboard or chart that identifies raised obstacles and tracks the progress of their resolution. A Blockage Board can be updated outside of stand-ups and serves as a more immediate and perhaps less confronting way to initially raise obstacles.
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