Dealing with Process

We are back for our second meetup of 2023!

At the last meetup we asked you about the problems you were facing. One of the common problems was Process. I summarised it like this:

Process

1. Too many meetings! Several attendees have complaints about the number of meetings/ceremonies they have to attend and little value they are getting out of them.
2. Change! Last minute changes and reprioritisation are proving a real problem for people.
3. Several attendees reported struggling switching between different process depending on the client or team.
4. There were also lots of reports regarding team members not following processes, which caused trouble overall.
5. My final one I spotted was: ‘Over the fence mentality’. Given how positively collaborations was discussed in section 1, I was surprised to read this. We need to stamp this out.

So we are going to focus this meetup on all things Process. A chance for you to get advice on some of your paint points.

These could be related to the whole SDLC process, or specific to testing, or releasing, anything that has a process around it.

A chance to vent about processes at your current/past roles. A chance to share all your incredible insights on dealing with difficult process and leading change for the better.

This will be an interactive meetup, workshop style.

Agenda
18:00 - Arrive, network.
18:15 - In groups we'll discuss our pain points with process, and collate them.
18:40 - We'll group and arrange this into common categories.
18:45 - Food and drinks.
19:10 - Groups will be allocated a a category and tasked will coming up with a list of advise/actions/tips that would help someone in that situation.
19:30 - We'll share these across all groups
20:00 - Fin

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