Edge Good Coffee

Like lean coffee but evenings are impractical? Do you like coffee in the morning rather than (or in addition to) the evening? Join us for our next lean coffee in Beaverton this week.

New to lean coffee? It's a great way to have real dialogue on topics, and we generally are discussing lean and agile. As far as the mechanics, here are the basics:

Step 1: Everybody writes down topics they'd like to discuss on stickies placing them in a column in the center of the table. This typically takes about 3-5 minutes.

Step 2: Each topic is briefly described by its writer (15-30 seconds typically per stickie).

Step 3: Each person gets three votes which they indicate by marking the voted for stickie with their sharpie (they can put as many votes as they like on one stickie).

Step 4: The top three stickies are placed in a new column, ordered by the stickies with the most votes at the top.

Step 5: Each of these stickies are discussed for 5-15 minutes. When the facilitator thinks the discussion has reached a good end-point she asks if everyone is complete. When complete move the stickie over into a new column that represents 'done'. Repeat step until all done.

Step 6: If enough time is left over, do another stickie or two.