Silence after “Any questions?” Cameras off, “listening” “Why change what works?” Best feedback happens after the meeting Long debate, no decision “Just 5 more minutes” One person talks 70% of the time SM rescues the team too early Agenda ignored People assume others know Someone agrees just to move on PO explains how to do the work “I’ll just do it myself” One person always quiet Someone interrupts constantly Same person answers every question No one asks “basic” questions Tension you can feel Micromanagement creeping in Meeting runs over time Story too big, but nobody says it Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points “Last team did it this way” Chat messages instead of speaking Silence after “Any questions?” Cameras off, “listening” “Why change what works?” Best feedback happens after the meeting Long debate, no decision “Just 5 more minutes” One person talks 70% of the time SM rescues the team too early Agenda ignored People assume others know Someone agrees just to move on PO explains how to do the work “I’ll just do it myself” One person always quiet Someone interrupts constantly Same person answers every question No one asks “basic” questions Tension you can feel Micromanagement creeping in Meeting runs over time Story too big, but nobody says it Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points “Last team did it this way” Chat messages instead of speaking
(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?”
Cameras off, “listening”
“Why change what works?”
Best feedback happens after the meeting
Long debate, no decision
“Just 5 more minutes”
One person talks 70% of the time
SM rescues the team too early
Agenda ignored
People assume others know
Someone agrees just to move on
PO explains how to do the work
“I’ll just do it myself”
One person always quiet
Someone interrupts constantly
Same person answers every question
No one asks “basic” questions
Tension you can feel
Micromanagement creeping in
Meeting runs over time
Story too big, but nobody says it
Same story: 3, 5, and 13 points
“Last team did it this way”
Chat messages instead of speaking