Richard Stobart held the second instalment of our current Digital Webinar Series, titled: 'Communication Ceremonies: why, what and how to communicate to increase the pace at early stage digital product development’.

Topics covered included:

• How to put the audience at ease
  
• How to encourage feedback
  
• Who to invite and what to
  
• Passive, continual and transparent communication
  
  

Among the insights shared were:

• Get the Product Owner to run the Show and Tell - get them to cover what was delivered and what you plan to deliver next, actively encourage feedback
  
• Show the features you have delivered, those you planned and didn't deliver, and those you're doing next
  
• Rehearse your show and tell - create a story from the stories, make it quick and easy to understand
  
• Present journeys of upcoming stories so stakeholders can see what’s coming visually
  
• Looking for signs of success
  
• Watch the Product Owner’s language change from 'the product' to 'our product' - that's when there is ownership
  
• Get your same team fully committed to your project by committing to and delivering a retrospective every two weeks, without fail
  
  

Tips for the most successful two-weekly retrospectives included:

• Start retrospective with the Retrospective Prime Directive
  
• Make it short, sharp and FULL of trust + collaboration
  
• Have passive communication mechanisms in the form of information radiators
  
• Task board
  
• Burn down for the sprint
  
• Burn up for the backlog
  
• Have your customer journey as wireframes and work in progress up on the walls - anyone who is interested can come and interact
  

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