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Collaboration
Contracts
Diane Zajac - @AgileSquirrel
Doc Norton - @DocOnDev
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Decision
Making
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Challenges
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Decisions
on a
team
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Should we involve ever yone
In all decisions?
Cheap Chair
from OfficeBarn.
Lumbar
Support!
I
like the office
I don’t care, but
we could each buy
our own.
Herman
Miller!
It doesn’t
matter to me, but I
like leather.
Cheap Chair
from OfficeBarn.
Lumbar
Support!
I
like the office
Herman
Miller!
I don’t care, but
we could each buy
our own.
It doesn’t
matter to me, but I
like leather.
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Who
Makes
The
Call?
All this discussion was super
helpful. Really. Now let’s do what I said in
the first place.
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Roles
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Cab and
Coffee
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Decisions, Decisions
Native or Responsive Web
for Mobile Experience?
What brand(s) of coffee dowe offer?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Make a List
Native or Responsive Web
for Mobile Experience?
What brand(s) of coffee do
we offer?
Do we offer donuts too?
Cloud or our own servers?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Sor t the List
Native or Responsive Web
for Mobile Experience?
What brand(s) of coffee do
we offer?
Do we offer donuts too?
Cloud or our own servers?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Sor t the List
Native or Responsive Web
for Mobile Experience?
What brand(s) of coffee do
we offer?
Do we offer donuts too?
Cloud or our own servers?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Sor t the List
Native or Responsive Web
for Mobile Experience?
What brand(s) of coffee do
we offer?
Do we offer donuts too?
Cloud or our own servers?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Making team decisions easier
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Joe Alice, Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet
Frank
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Exercise
Idea One
Idea Too
Idea 3
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Exercise
Explain Consult Agree Advise Abstain
Idea One
Idea Too
Idea 3
Accept
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Making team decisions easier
1
Sarah
Agree
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Exercise
Explain Consult Agree Advise Abstain
Idea One
Idea Too
Idea 3
Accept
1
Sarah
Agree
1
Billy
Agree
1
Chris
Accept
1
Leslie
Accept
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Joe Alice Thom, Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet
Frank
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet
Frank
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Conflicts on a Contract
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
1 0 0 0 1+ 0+
0 1 0 1+ 0+ 0+
0 0 2+ 0+ 0+ 0+
0 0 0 1+ 0+ 0+
0 0 0 0 1+ 0+
0 0 0 0 0 1+
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
Sole Decision
Maker
Group Decision
Maker
Not a Decision
Maker
Not a Decision
Participant
Not a Participant
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet
Frank
Alice, Thom,
Arnie, Frank
Susan, Art Janet, Joe
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
Joe
Alice, Thom,
Susan
Art, Arnie,
Janet
Frank
Susan, Thom
Alice, Arnie,
Art, Frank
Janet, Joe
Explain Consult Agree Advise Accept Abstain
Sole Decision
Maker
I will explain my
decision
Sole Decision
Maker
I will Consult with
others before making
this decision
Group Decision
Maker
I will Agree with
others on this
decision
Not a Decision
Maker
I will Advise the
decision maker
Not a Decision
Participant
I will accept the
decision
Not a
Participant
I will abstain from the
process
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
How could your (real) team
use this?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
What did you learn today?
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Collaboration Contracts
http://www.collaborationcontracts.com/
@AgileSquirrel :: @DocOnDev
Thank You!
Diane Zajac - @AgileSquirrel
diane@onbelay.co
Doc Norton - @DocOnDev
doc@onbelay.co

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