Stand-up meetings are popular in software development organizations now. What makes a stand-up meeting more effective than a traditional meeting to socialize status information? Nothing. The effectiveness of a stand-up meeting, like the traditional status meeting, depends on the participants. If you have the right people at the meeting, … [Read more...]
Make Results Predictable
Your organization is in chaos. You want to create pockets of stability. What do you do? Make the results of meetings predictable. Winfrey is the manager of a geographically dispersed software development team at the XYZ Corp. Ellsworth, her manager, assigns Winfrey the management responsibility of hosting a biweekly training conference call. … [Read more...]
Measure ROTI
How can you quickly measure the Return on Time Invested (ROTI) by the participants of a meeting? Have the participants rate their personal ROTI during the meeting using the following scale: 4. Superb: I learned something that will save me significant time. 3. Positive: I learned something that will save me time. 2. Balanced: I broke … [Read more...]