http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/01/26/make-meetings-useful/ Just A Thought...on Ajax, usability, software development and anything else that catches my fancy. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:15:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/01/26/make-meetings-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-312 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » What Did we Meet About? Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:23:32 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/?p=74#comment-312 [...] I’ve written about meetings on more than one occasion (here, here, and here) but I recently ran into a very interesting article by Jared Spool called The One-Minute Test. Jared describes a technique his team uses at the end of meetings to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Given a 60 second time limit, every participant is asked to write down their answers to the following questions: [...] [...] I’ve written about meetings on more than one occasion (here, here, and here) but I recently ran into a very interesting article by Jared Spool called The One-Minute Test. Jared describes a technique his team uses at the end of meetings to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Given a 60 second time limit, every participant is asked to write down their answers to the following questions: [...]

]]> http://ntschutta.com/jat/2006/01/26/make-meetings-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-100 ntschutta.com » Blog Archive » Cut the Fat Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:44:39 +0000 http://ntschutta.com/jat/?p=74#comment-100 [...] A while back, I wrote about two of the most dangerous words in the programing world - what if. Like many before me, I’ve been on teams that were stuck in analysis paralysis before and I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve attended that quickly devolved when people started tossing out loaded phrases like “well, I could see a customer doing…” or “you know, I think it’d be nice if…” Hey, I’ve been guilty of gold plating from time to time, but I’ve grown - I fully accept YAGNI in my life. Now, along with a blood sacrifice, I demand living breathing proof that we need to implement a feature…who am I kidding, I don’t have that kind of clout. [...] [...] A while back, I wrote about two of the most dangerous words in the programing world – what if. Like many before me, I’ve been on teams that were stuck in analysis paralysis before and I can’t tell you how many meetings I’ve attended that quickly devolved when people started tossing out loaded phrases like “well, I could see a customer doing…” or “you know, I think it’d be nice if…” Hey, I’ve been guilty of gold plating from time to time, but I’ve grown – I fully accept YAGNI in my life. Now, along with a blood sacrifice, I demand living breathing proof that we need to implement a feature…who am I kidding, I don’t have that kind of clout. [...]

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