ReverseBrainstormingOutcomes

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Part of the participants of the workshop used the creativity technique "Reverse Brainstorming". When doing Reverse Brainstorming you first of all think of ways of making the problem even more difficult... e.g. what can I do to make it impossible for a newbie to get into the project. The outcomes are the black headings below. Then you take the negative points and try and reverse them to come up with best practices...

Contents 1 Undermining morale 2 Unclear tasks 3 Exclude the newbie from social meetings 4 Say no 5 Use TLAs 6 Gossip 7 Bad Development Environment 8 Big pile of unreadable stuff 9 Misinformation 10 Conflicting Advice 11 It's in the project directory 12 Boring Tasks

Undermining morale

- be constructive - be positive - find sweet spot - get personal - support their ideas

Unclear tasks

- take time to explain - break down in simple tasks - follow up - pair programming - personal mentor - keep fluffy stuff off

Exclude the newbie from social meetings

- invite newbie explicitly to the social meetings

Say no

- be responsive - maybe be incentive

Use TLAs

- create glossary

Gossip

- avoid malicious gossip

Bad Development Environment

- set up good development environment - step by step - info wiki

Big pile of unreadable stuff

Misinformation

Conflicting Advice

It's in the project directory

Boring Tasks

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