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Pivot in Public. Nearly a month of writing about #ProductBacklogRefinement I'm seeing little engagement. As a student of #LeanStartup I want to learn from my audience.

Write in candidates are also appreciated.

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Help me understand:

#SilentRefinement 6/8

If a non-native speaker struggles with the spoken word, have we made things better by asking for written comment? As a native English speaker I might shock you when I say I struggle with writing clearly.

Have you tried this and did it work? What pros and cons have I missed?

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#SilentRefinement 5/8

My questions remain around clarifying User Stories - according to Ron Jeffries - were supposed to honour the 3C's Card, Conversation and Confirmation. https://ronjeffries.com/xprog/articles/expcardconversationconfirmation/ - "The conversation is largely verbal, but can be supplemented with documents."

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#SilentRefinement 4/8
…The author discourages this, saying prefer reading/writing over talking.

For any silent meeting to work you need a tool that allows you to see other people’s comments/edits in realtime. Hint not JIRA. Mural, Miro, Google docs etc are designed for this.

## My Response
Silent Meetings have been used for estimation for years (ex Bucket, Affinity est) and in some cases for prioritization. I would totally agree its good in this context.

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For Backlog Refinement the author proposes taking the Product Backlog and making it the Table Read. Each Story would have a: Title, Story Description, Additional Info and Acceptance Criteria.

## Refinement Process
Arto proposes using silent refinement for the whole refinement process.

You need a tool that allows people to see each others comments and questions. If the comment/question is too difficult to write people revert to spoken word.

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3/8

We (re)write the User Story in response to this conversation. Does silence work as well?

Arto is adapting the Silent Meeting. From Amazon see: https://medium.com/swlh/the-silent-meeting-manifesto-v1-189e9e3487eb

## Table Read
In the Amazon version of the process, there is 4-6 page narrative document, shared meeting start. It outlines the idea that is to be discussed. It is assumed that participants don’t have time to read before a meeting starts, so they start by reading the document.

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2/8

# Silent Backlog Refinement Meetings - A Dream or Nightmare?
Reading Trumps listening, it engages quiet people and non-native speakers. Reading avoids domination by people who speak easily.

Rereading: Arto Kiiskinen's article https://www.eficode.com/blog/silent-backlog-refinement-meetings-a-more-effective-agile-meeting - I'm troubled. In traditional Product Backlog Refinement, I've found the back and forth discussion around what a customer needs to be the key value.

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Thread 1/8

Basic and Good Reminder - Why isn't #BacklogRefinement not just part of sprint planning? and Why isn't refinement something the product owner does on their own? from Joel Bancroft-Connors again https://resources.scrumalliance.org/Article/product-backlog-refinement

#EffectiveMeetings I reviewed 168 sources on #ProductBacklogRefinement so you wouldn't need to. Needless to say most of them had no useful tips. In partnership with @bernie and @anil 

For the next month, I will be exploring effective meetings. I hear from far too many Scrum, Kanban, teams that the hard part isn’t the mechanics it’s getting people engaged in meetings. Engagement doesn’t come from Star War’s themed retrospective.

I’m curious as to what pain you have suffered? What you have tried? What has failed?

In the spirit of WorkOutLoud #WOL and #LeanStartup I will working in public

Help me figure out what pain you would like solved. Follow #EffectiveMeetings for more.

For the next month(ish), I will be exploring what makes effective meetings. I hear from far too many Scrum, Kanban, teams that the hard part isn’t the mechanics it’s getting people engaged in meetings. Engagement doesn’t comes from Star War’s themed retrospective.

I’m curious as to what pain you have suffered? What you have tried? What has failed?

In the spirit of WorkOutLoud #WOL and #LeanStartup I will work in public

Follow #EffectiveMeetings for ideas, experiments and interesting articles