Silence after “Any questions?” Agenda ignored Micromanagement creeping in Meeting runs over time PO explains how to do the work Story too big, but nobody says it Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points People assume others know SM rescues the team too early No one asks “basic” questions Same person answers every question Someone interrupts constantly Cameras off, “listening” “Just 5 more minutes” Long debate, no decision “I’ll just do it myself” “Last team did it this way” “Why change what works?” Tension you can feel Chat messages instead of speaking Someone agrees just to move on One person talks 70% of the time One person always quiet Best feedback happens after the meeting Silence after “Any questions?” Agenda ignored Micromanagement creeping in Meeting runs over time PO explains how to do the work Story too big, but nobody says it Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points People assume others know SM rescues the team too early No one asks “basic” questions Same person answers every question Someone interrupts constantly Cameras off, “listening” “Just 5 more minutes” Long debate, no decision “I’ll just do it myself” “Last team did it this way” “Why change what works?” Tension you can feel Chat messages instead of speaking Someone agrees just to move on One person talks 70% of the time One person always quiet Best feedback happens after the meeting
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
Silence after “Any questions?”
Agenda ignored
Micromanagement creeping in
Meeting runs over time
PO explains how to do the work
Story too big, but nobody says it
Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points
People assume others know
SM rescues the team too early
No one asks “basic” questions
Same person answers every question
Someone interrupts constantly
Cameras off, “listening”
“Just 5 more minutes”
Long debate, no decision
“I’ll just do it myself”
“Last team did it this way”
“Why change what works?”
Tension you can feel
Chat messages instead of speaking
Someone agrees just to move on
One person talks 70% of the time
One person always quiet
Best feedback happens after the meeting