Death by MeetingProject Management and Beyond …

Meetup #6Berlin, Sep 10th

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Agenda

19:15 - 19:30: Impulse “Meetings”19:30 - 19:45: What about your meetings?19:45 - 20:05: Exercise20:05 - 20:15: Analysis and summary

20:15 - 21:00: You are the agenda!

Meetings … Jour Fixe, Daily Standup, Invitation, ReKo, Status Call, Preparation, Review Meeting,

Presentation, Rules, Lessons Learnt, Retrospective, Agenda, Participants, Breaks,

Planning Meeting, Milestone Meeting, Feedback, Communication, Team, Boring,

Meeting Minutes, Decisions, Steering Committee, Delays, Interruption

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Rules for preparing meetings● The meeting has a stated

purpose or agenda.

● Decisions should never wait for a meeting. (Google)

● The meeting has a clear decision maker.

● No more than ten people at a meeting.

● Every project component or task has a “Directly Responsible Individual.” (Apple)

● Keep it short and use a timer to enforce the time limit.

● Review “homework” from the last meeting.

● Bring solutions, not problems.

● Attendees walk away with concrete next steps or action items.

Source: http://99u.com/articles/7220/how-to-run-your-meetings-like-apple-and-google

Rules for conducting meetings● Only one speaker at one time

● No side conversations

● Pay attention

● Do not interrupt

● Be respectful (and speak with “I”-sentences)

● Make it short

● Stay on the topic(s)

● Be on time

● Be prepared

● Close your laptop

● Turn off your mobile

● Don’t leave before the meeting is closed

● Clean up after yourself

True examples ...

Source: Certified ScrumMaster Training by Scrum Center [Simon Roberts]

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