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I'm not sure if this is a pun that is over my head or a typo.
Thanks for the article. I think the most difficult issue to solve is the meetings one, especially now that so much work is being done remotely. It's easy to have inconclusive meetings in engineering because you can just handwave your way through a project that drags on for too long and any non-technical stakeholders will have no choice but to put up with it. Also, engineering is complex and it's easy to over-commit and end up with really tough problems to solve.
One thing I'd like to add is that a "meeting" should minimize the number of active participants. If a "meeting" has more than 4 people it should be considered a presentation. It's a waste of to be in a meeting and trying to follow a conversation that you aren't involved in. If there is information in that conversation that others need to hear, it should be documented in some way.
Thanks for the article. I think the most difficult issue to solve is the meetings one, especially now that so much work is being done remotely. It's easy to have inconclusive meetings in engineering because you can just handwave your way through a project that drags on for too long and any non-technical stakeholders will have no choice but to put up with it. Also, engineering is complex and it's easy to over-commit and end up with really tough problems to solve.
One thing I'd like to add is that a "meeting" should minimize the number of active participants. If a "meeting" has more than 4 people it should be considered a presentation. It's a waste of to be in a meeting and trying to follow a conversation that you aren't involved in. If there is information in that conversation that others need to hear, it should be documented in some way.