This time change is effective immediately, so starting tomorrow (i.e. Tuesday), all scrums will be at 14:00-14:30 UTC = 10am-10:30am ET.
(Except of course Thursday...) -Darius On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Dawn Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone! > > What we've heard loud and clear is that the inconsistent times for the > daily scrum caused a barrier to community participation in the development > sprints and daily scrum meetings. Based on that feedback, we've changed the > scrum times to be more consistent. > > Below is the new, daily scrum meeting schedule and ways to participate: > > *Daily Scrum Meeting Schedule:* > > - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 14:00-14:30 UTC / > 10:00am-10:30am EDT > - Thursday: 19:00-19:30 UTC / 15:00-15:30 UTC (this occurs later in > the day due to OpenMRS meetings on Thursday) > > *How to Join:* > > - The daily scrum meeting takes place on the > #openmrs<https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/IRC/Home>channel on freenode. > > * > Making the Meeting Efficient:* > > - *Be available at the proper start time.* > - *Write your update 10 minutes before the daily scrum meeting.* > - Set your calendar reminder alarm for 10 minutes before the daily > scrum meeting. When the alarm occurs, write up your work and prepare for > the meeting. > - The update should be a summary of the following: > 1. What you worked on during the previous day > 2. What you are currently working on today > 3. What you will continue to work on after the meeting has > finished > 4. A list of any blockers, or items that are slowing down your > progress > - *Stay focused on the IRC channel window.* > - If the daily scrum meeting were in person, we'd all be standing > up. That's not easy to do on IRC, so it's important to pay attention. > - The biggest delay in the meeting occurs when we focus on other > windows on our computer. Either close or minimize those windows before > the > meeting. > - *Save all problem solving for the end of the meeting.* > - Updates, output, blockers, and change-of directions will go out > quickly during the scrum from each individual. Afterwards, the group > will > go over problem-solving for the blockers that need to be resolved. > - *Be honest about blockers!* > - Blockers are issues that are getting in the way of doing other > work, or challenging issues that are taking up a lot of time. > - The main reason for the daily scrum meeting is to share > information about blockers and resolve them together. > - If you have worked on the same problem for more than 1 hour (even > if you think you know the solution!) state it as a blocker. > > > Thanks you for your feedback and active participation in the community! > > -Dawn > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
