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Sounds like that discussion was needed, to me..

• huffmsa 7y ago
  Yeah, except it happens every other day and all you do is "revise the product" and never build or ship the product. It's a one way express train to feature creep. It often doesn't involve all of the stakeholders, so then you're having multiple 15 minute meetings to get everyone in sync. Meetings are for meeting, not meetings are for shutting up and doing your assigned work.
  • matsemann 7y ago
    > not meetings are for shutting up and doing your assigned work Like a mindless drone? Or are you advocating for more meetings?
    • huffmsa 7y ago
      I'm saying timebox discussion like anything else. Have discussions regularly, but in a scheduled manner. Meetings suck because people aren't prepared / the meeting isn't scoped or well defined. They don't suck "just because". Treat your meetings just like any other assignments. Clearly define it and expect people to have their shit together. Then you don't have to have discussions all the time and you can actually execute on what's been discussed and planned.
    • tanseydavid 7y ago
      >> Like a mindless drone? Mindless drones do not get assigned software development work. It is thinking-work by its very nature.