Meetings? We don’t need no stinkin’ meetings?
There seems to be no set standard for development meetings. Some groups complain about being ‘meetinged to death,’ while others complain about a lack of communication, direction, or group cohesion. Given the two options, it is generally agreed that overcommunication is much better than undercommunication.
One of the more innovative approaches to cutting down on meeting drain is the concept of the ’stand up meeting.’ This is were all participants (except maybe senior citizens) stand for the duration of the meeting. Amazingly, during this process, nobody seems to have long weekend stories to tell the group, and answers and discussion points become more concise.
Normal development meetings ought to serve the following purposes.
- Communicate transparency from development to corporate.
- Communicate direction and prioritiziation from corporate to development.
- Communicate present-status and next-step planning regarding a project.
- Promote team-workload communication among team-members.
- Six month employee review.
- Deployment rehearsal.
More on these later…
Mike J Berry
www.RedRockResearch.com
