Comments on: Chairman of the bored http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/25/chairman-of-the-bored/ Design and human behaviour Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:34:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sebastian http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/25/chairman-of-the-bored/comment-page-1/#comment-413389 Sebastian Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:52:37 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/25/chairman-of-the-bored/#comment-413389 Hi Dan, the "stand-up meeting" is used very deliberately in agile software methodologies, especially scrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_meeting http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html I know from personal anecdote of a colleague and former Google employee that they hold all their meetings stand-up (at least at his office). In my own time as project manager, I used this *very* deliberately. Do stand up and do put everything you say as a visual representation on a white board. It keeps the energy up, people who need to sit will sit for a short time and resume standing, people taking different notes is prevented by everyone agreeing on what is written on the white board. Hi Dan,
the “stand-up meeting” is used very deliberately in agile software methodologies, especially scrum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_meeting
http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html

I know from personal anecdote of a colleague and former Google employee that they hold all their meetings stand-up (at least at his office). In my own time as project manager, I used this *very* deliberately. Do stand up and do put everything you say as a visual representation on a white board. It keeps the energy up, people who need to sit will sit for a short time and resume standing, people taking different notes is prevented by everyone agreeing on what is written on the white board.

]]> By: usabilitygal http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/25/chairman-of-the-bored/comment-page-1/#comment-413385 usabilitygal Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:13:48 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2007/05/25/chairman-of-the-bored/#comment-413385 Wow! People actually hold standup meetings deliberately? Thankfully i've never experienced this. Imagining myself in a standup meeting I think it would feel awkward and that most people would gravitate towards a wall or ledge to lean against to 'own' an area of space. Practically there are issues such as it being more awkward to take notes when not leant on a table and there is no room to put items such as a water bottle, laptop, phone, mints... all the little things people take with them into meetings. I also wonder if there is a trade-off between the speed of the meeting and the quality of the outcome. It may be quicker because people don't like standing up so want to get out of there asap. This may result in them actually making more rash and thus worse decisions than they may have made whilst sat down. Definitely food for thought! Wow! People actually hold standup meetings deliberately? Thankfully i’ve never experienced this. Imagining myself in a standup meeting I think it would feel awkward and that most people would gravitate towards a wall or ledge to lean against to ‘own’ an area of space. Practically there are issues such as it being more awkward to take notes when not leant on a table and there is no room to put items such as a water bottle, laptop, phone, mints… all the little things people take with them into meetings. I also wonder if there is a trade-off between the speed of the meeting and the quality of the outcome. It may be quicker because people don’t like standing up so want to get out of there asap. This may result in them actually making more rash and thus worse decisions than they may have made whilst sat down. Definitely food for thought!

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