The Lean Coffee board is a template for facilitating lean coffe sessions.
A lean coffee session is a loosely structure, democratic and agendaless meeting.
How to use:
Choose a host for the session. It should not be the same person as last time. The host is responsible for keeping the session on track, voting, timers, moving items and noting any required actions.
Contribution. Everyone fills the 'Topics to discuss' with Post-its.
Prioritisation. The host should set a vote for 1 minute, with each person getting 3 votes. Move the most popular items to the "To Discuss" section; most votes at the top and least at the bottom.
The first 3 stages should take no longer than 5 mins.
Discussion. Take the top item, and talk it through. Make a note of any required actions in 'Actions' and move the post to 'Discussed' when you are done.
Rinse and Repeat the discussion phase until there are no more posts.
Keep to a 5 mins max per topic. If a topic exceeds 5 mins, leave it in the 'Discussing' section for next time, or set up a separate session.
End of the Session.
Confirm what actions are required, and who is talking each action. Clean down any remaining posts in the Actions are to be followed up outside of the
