Doing things in parallel contributes to this problem a lot. Daily standups, plus a meeting or two per week seems doable. But if you work on two or three things

Doing things in parallel contributes to this problem a lot. Daily standups, plus a meeting or two per week seems doable. But if you work on two or three things in parallel, and you need to multiply the number of meetings by two or three, suddenly it feels like you spend more time on meetings than being able to focus on your work.