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Writing about muffin morning was fun, perhaps because our current sessions are very enjoyable.
As I will gain more understanding of the forces at work and the wide implications of this simple practice, I will update the pattern with the new findings.
By the way, if you are implementing it (or considering putting it into practice) within your team please share your thoughts!
For my future reference, I want to add a few points that I haven’t covered in my previous post, mainly because a pattern should be based on observations rather than speculations.
So what did I leave out? Many things for sure, but for now I only have this list:
Environmental factors conducive to this type of activity
Relations/interactions with other practices, for example daily stand-up meetings
Higher management perception/acceptance
Pressure/deadline handling
Basic financial support and equipment
Team size/composition/roles and correlation with volunteer availability
Finding engaging topics on a regular basis (experiences on the job, technology/product/process, dept vs. breath of coverage)
Format (lecture, open discussion, study group, etc)
Time management (preparation phase, delay, overtime, rescheduling, recurrence)
Session/topic follow-ups
If/why/how-to involve other teams
In all the cases I just mentioned, I either don’t have the problem or I don’t have conclusive data, solutions or suggestions.
At least, not yet :-).
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