Wednesday 7 December 2011

Guidelines for Stand-Up Meeting

Setup stand-up meeting for my team.

Purpose of this meeting is to improve communication among the team and promote team focus.

Rules for Stand-Up:

  • Arrive on time or early.
  • All team members attend and participate.
  • Last arrive speak first and choose who should speak next.
  • The meeting  duration is not more than 20 minutes. (1 -2 minutes person and 5 minutes for discussion).
  • Maintain your own task list and note the actions or tasks items you volunteer for.
  • Be prepared to present three topics and keep your report specific, precise and short in order to help the meeting end within 20 minutes.
    • Eg: Notes:
    • What did I do since the last meeting?
      -------------------------------------
      -- Designed new feature
      -- Implemented component X
      -- Fixed bug related to Y
      -- Updated confluence about support task Z
      -- X details communicated to FAL & RMS
      -- Read up on X API & ABC technologies
       
      What will I be doing until the next meeting?
      --------------------------------------------
      -- Project meeting related to XYZ
      -- Code review / Peer review
      -- Implement component XYZ
      -- Redactor code base  related ZYU
       
      What obstacles are blocking my progress & any issues?
      -----------------------------------------------------
      -- Item 1
      -- Item 2

  • Listen to other team member's status in case it might relate to your tasks or impact you.
  • Don't interrupt people when they are talking. Pay attention to other team members and note items that you¿ll need to cover in follow-up discussions.
  • Don't agree to decisions or action you don't understand. Ask questions and insist on answers when you need clarification.
  • If you raise an issue, blocker or question that can't be resolved in a minute, ask to discuss with the parties involved after the meeting
  • No story telling.
  • No problem solving.
  • Speak to the team.
  • Latecomers ???

References:


Friday 2 December 2011

Open Command Prompt here


1.Press WIN +E, Navigate to folder then Press ALT + D to select address bar and type cmd the enter.

2.In windows explore SHIFT + mouse right click , choose "open command window here" in context menu


http://lifehacker.com/5306401/open-a-new-command-prompt-from-explorer-with-a-hotkey?utm_expid=66866090-68.hhyw_lmCRuCTCg0I2RHHtw.0