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Meetings for an effective eng organization

A working model for team meetings, technical reviews, development forums, and engineering-wide questions.

The idea to take with you

Give each meeting a particular communication job and judge it against that job.

What to look for

  1. 01

    Use written documents to anchor technical and incident reviews.

  2. 02

    Make team meetings working sessions for decisions and mutual context.

  3. 03

    Iterate or pause meetings that no longer serve a clear purpose.

Keep in mind

The suggested mix is oriented toward organizations with multiple roles and teams. A smaller company may combine or omit several forums.

Put it to work

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Audit your recurring meetings: write their purpose, owner, input, output, and the consequence of canceling them.

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