Team Inside Joke

A Team Inside Joke is a small group inside joke that references team-specific experiences and project-related events for team member bonding.

• AKA: Project Team Joke, Squad In-Joke, Workgroup Humor.
• Context:
  • It can typically reference Sprint Events through shared memory.
  • It can typically acknowledge Team Dynamics via playful observation.
  • It can often celebrate Team Victorys with insider references.
  • It can often strengthen Team Cohesion through exclusive understanding.
  • It can range from being a Standup Team Inside Joke to being a Retrospective Team Inside Joke, depending on its meeting origin.
  • It can range from being a Technical Team Inside Joke to being a Process Team Inside Joke, depending on its content focus.
  • It can range from being a Short-Term Team Inside Joke to being a Long-Running Team Inside Joke, depending on its temporal persistence.
  • It can range from being a Subtle Team Inside Joke to being an Explicit Team Inside Joke, depending on its reference obviousness.
  • ...
• Examples:
  • Project Moments, such as:
    • "The Great Merge Conflict of Sprint 23."
    • Infamous demo that went spectacularly wrong.
    • Team member's quotable reaction during crisis.
  • Team Traditions, such as:
    • Rubber duck with ceremonial debugging powers.
    • Specific GIF becoming team's universal response.
    • Inside nickname for recurring problem.
  • Shared Experiences, such as:
    • Pizza-fueled deployment night becoming legend.
    • Team's creative solution to impossible deadline.
    • Running gag about particular code comment.
  • ...
• Counter-Examples:
  • Department Joke, which includes broader organization.
  • Company Inside Joke, which spans entire company.
  • Individual Quirk, which centers on single person.
• See: Inside Joke, Team Dynamic, Project Team, Team Building, Group Cohesion, Collaborative Work, Agile Team, Team Culture.

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