Meetings
Let’s face it, sitting around in meetings all day and not getting any actual work done sucks. So we try to keep meetings at a minimum and we make them optional. If you don’t learn or contribute to a meeting, then leave and do something more valuable with your time. Don’t just sit there and play with your phone. While attendance is optional, participation is mandatory. Here is a list of regular meetings that we hold and find valuable:
Name | Attendees | Frequency | Duration in h | Purpose |
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Standup | team | daily | 0.25 | team self-organizes and plans their day |
Grooming | team | weekly | 1 | team helps PO to refine backlog |
Planning | team | biweekly | 1 | team plans the next sprint |
Review | team | biweekly | 1 | team demos sprint results & gets feedback |
Retrospective | team | biweekly | 1.5 | team improves its process |
IT weekly | engineering | biweekly | 1 | engineers exchange knowledge |
Team weekly / Team Weekly Fair | everyone | weekly | 1 | teams share results with everyone |
Strategy monthly | all permanent employees | monthly | 1 | strategy update by management |
Guilds | whoever is interested | monthly | 3 | people interested in a topic exchange knowledge or practice |
Feedback | me + manager / peer group | quarterly | 2 | discuss and set goals for personal development |
Department OKRs | department | quarterly | 2 | align the team on the goals for the quarter |