Only somewhat related here, but we recently did a QP where our team came in without previously breaking epics into smaller tasks. One argument is that we could

Only somewhat related here, but we recently did a QP where our team came in without previously breaking epics into smaller tasks. One argument is that we could've done that outside of the meeting, in its own meeting. But that actually wouldn't have saved any time, but would've probably cost more. Basically, we set aside the afternoon to accomplish the task at hand. If we had broke it into multiple days, there would've been memory debt we'd have to refresh. As an engineer, I feel that requiring pre-homework for a meeting can be detrimental. As other posters mentioned, going through it all together in the scheduled meeting ensures that everyone is on the page. Additionally, it means that an hour long meeting doesn't actually require an hour and a half of my time, so I can better judge and plan my schedule.