Lab 3: Role Check-ins

Affinity Groups (5 min)

In Discord > Everyone

One important practice in software organizations is for people with similar roles to come together and support each other. These supports can include:

• Learning about similar challenges being faced
• Learning about resources to help with those challenges
• Sharing strategies for dealing with challenges
• Feeling less isolated in your position

While your developers might have affinity on your team since there are two of them, they might not. And your PMs and designers might feel completely alone.

Today, we correct that by connecting in affinity groups.

Meet your counterparts (30 min)

In Discord > Role Channels (Groups of <=5)

• Pick a Discord room corresponding to your role
• Take turns introduce yourselves
• Take turns sharing what you're team is designing
• Take turns sharing what's going well
• Take turns sharing what's not going so well
• Take turns sharing strategies that have helped with some of your challenges
• Take turns sharing what you need from your teammates that you aren't getting

Meet with your team (10 min)

In Discord > Team Channels

• Return to meet with your team
• Take turns sharing with your teammates what you need that you're not getting
• Discuss plans for how to meet each others' needs

Submit  (5 min)

In Canvas, submit a brief summary of what you learned in your affinity group. This is pass/fail participation credit.