Team agreements
Team agreements let the team set house rules, norms, and agreed behaviors for the way they work, whether it be in or out of the meeting. This is less about actions that need to be done, and more about building the team culture and how people interact with each other. These can be anything from "No answering phone calls in meetings" to "Always laugh at jokes, even the bad ones".
Team agreements can be added:
- On your team HOME page
- During the OPEN ACTIONS stage of a meeting
- In the AGREEMENTS sidebar on the right side panel at any point throughout a retrospective or health check
It’s a helpful reminder of what everyone agreed to earlier and can be revisited at any point during the meeting.
Depending on the style of meeting you run and your team's preferences, the facilitator can choose from the following permission settings to capture team agreements:
- FACILITATORS CAN ADD AGREEMENTS - Allows just the facilitator to add agreements straight away.
- EVERYONE CAN ADD AGREEMENTS - Anyone in the meeting can immediately add a new team agreement.
EVERYONE CAN PROPOSE AGREEMENTS - Agreements are proposed to the team for a straw vote before being accepted or rejected by the facilitator. Each person can respond as I SUPPORT THIS, I'M NEUTRAL, or I DON'T SUPPORT THIS.
- Based on the tally and discussion, the facilitator can then choose to ACCEPT (tick) or DON'T ACCEPT (cross) the proposed agreement.
- Accepted proposals are added to your team agreements. Otherwise, they are crossed out.
- You can add additional comments to the agreements by clicking on each one.
- Team agreements can be changed into action items by right-clicking on them and selecting CONVERT TO ACTION. If it was proposed, it will then become a proposed action.
- If you are still debating on whether or not to accept a proposed agreement, you can PARK it for a later discussion by simply right-clicking on the agreement.
- All accepted agreements will be shown on the meeting summary, the team HOME page as well as in the AGREEMENTS sidebar for any future retrospectives and health checks as part of the team's social contract.
