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Tag Archives: meetings
Startup Pitfall #2: You CAN be too accessible
Post by Ben Edwards
Mar
10
2008
One of the first things we thought we knew about the way we wanted to employ agile methods* was that our team should nearly always be on-site with the customer or stakeholder to facilitate communication most effectively. With several projects … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes
Tagged 37signals, agile dangers, communication, discussion, meetings, teams
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Startup Pitfall #1: Top-Heaviness
Post by Ben Edwards
Sep
25
2007
On some level it seems to make sense, when building your startup staff, to want your “generals” in place before you start drafting your soldiers. That way plans can be made, hierarchies established, and processes put in place. But, it … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes, Business
Tagged just do it, meetings, overhead, people, simplification, Small Teams, starups, teams
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More on daily meetings
Post by Scott Vlaminck
Apr
9
2007
Jon discusses why he and his team abandoned daily team meetings – a standard practice for many agile teams, particularly those using Scrum or XP. I can definitely sympathize with a couple of his reasons because I’ve had some of … Continue reading
I love a good home construction/software development metaphor
Post by Ben Edwards
Nov
15
2006
In Construction Metaphor: Collaboration over Contracts Steve Berczuk speaks to his recent experiences with a home renovation project and the parallels it has with managing software projects using agile values. During the past year my wife and I decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes
Tagged collaboration over negotiation, communication, meetings, Scrum
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The Mythical One-Hour Meeting
Post by Jesse O'Neill-Oine
Jul
6
2006
Jason Fried had a nice post the other day about the true cost of meetings. Many people think that a one hour meeting is just that, a one hour meeting, but they are completely ignoring the fact that a one … Continue reading
Jason Fried on collaboration and teams
Post by Ben Edwards
Jun
26
2006
Jason Fried recaps a couple of chapters of his excellent Getting Real book in a short presentation at the Collaborative Technologies Conference. Here are the slides (PDF) so you can follow along. Jason gives a little background on the presentation … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Processes
Tagged 37signals, Jason Fried, meetings, Rails, Small Teams, software development model
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