A Brief Guide To #LeanCoffee

* Instructions for finding coffee and a table not included

Step 1: Create your board

Step 2:

Ask your

group to

populate

the

“Ready”

column

with

ideas

Step 3: Identify yourself

In turn, ask each person to introduce themselves in 1-2 sentences.

Step 4:

Review the

topics –

Have each

person

give a 1-2

sentence

intro to

their topic

Step 5:

Vote on

the

ideas.

Each

person

gets two

votes

(tick

marks)

Step 6: Prioritize your backlog

Step 7:

Set a

timer for

8minutes

Tip: for iPhone,

Untime is a great

#LeanCoffee timer

Step 8: Move the first topic into

“Doing” and start talking!

Step 9: When 8

minutes is up, do a

quick “Roman Vote”Up = Keep talking

Middle = Unsure

Down = Next topic

Mostly up =

Another four

minutes

Half up / Half down =

Another two minutes

Thumbs down =

Next Topic

Step 10: <Repeat>

Step 11: 5 min before ending: Takeaways

In turn, ask each person to say 1-2 sentences on their

takeaways from the session.

Summary

1. 3 columns: Ready; Doing; Done

2. Put ideas in “Ready”

3. Introduce yourselves

4. Topic reviews: 1-2 sentences

5. Vote (2 votes each)

6. Prioritize the “Ready” column

7. Set an 8 minute timer

8. Move the first item into “Doing” and start talking

9. “Roman Vote”.

Up = keep going (4 minutes) ,

Middle = ambivalent (2 minutes)

Down = next topic

10.Repeat

11.5 minutes left? 1-2 sentence takeaways