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> "6 pages is a bit too long, though..." It does depend on the structure of those 6 pages. If I had to do these regularly I can easily imagine settling on a (
by amirmc 13y ago
> "6 pages is a bit too long, though..."
It does depend on the structure of those 6 pages. If I had to do these regularly I can easily imagine settling on a (largely) routine format, e.g 1st page is overview, 2nd page is problem detail, 3rd page is solution/implementation, 4th page risks/mitigation blah blah blah.
Note that the article says the first 30 minutes of the meeting is reading the memo. It doesn't take 5mins to read a page so there's ample time for people to formulate an opinion/questions before discussion actually starts (based on enough info in the memo). This is already an order of magnitude better than any powerpoint talk I've been in where people just shoot from the hip.
- rschmitty 13y agoIsn't it an indicator when you are defending 6 pages not being too long with a "blah blah blah" already?
- bentcorner 13y ago5th page: Links/resources uhh.. 6th page: "Questions?" page with a cute picture
- saraid216 13y agoA detailed diagram or a slightly extended discussion of a topic will easily get you another page.
- stfu 13y agoI guess the 6 page idea comes from getting more substance from these presentations. Sure you can threw around 1-page bulleting lists all day, but if you want to include stats, references, screenshots, visualizations and have some reading-friendly formatting, the 6 page look about right.
- amirmc 13y agoNot in the slightest. I just didn't want to spell out each heading (I just threw out the ones obvious to me). If I'd said "etc" instead of "blah" would you still have picked on it? (I sometimes use those interchangeably when speaking). In any case, the actual structure I'd use would evolve over time, based on my experience of such meetings.