Meeting Facilitation

Meetings in a Hurry Are Not Effective Ones

• Mariusz Sieraczkiewicz
• Agile practices , Meeting facilitation

The Importance of Timeboxing in Scrum

The timeboxing is a fundamental technique for many Scrum activities. There is often a misunderstanding that meetings should be fast, leading facilitators to rush participants to finish within the timebox. This haste results in poorly discussed problems and many uninformed decisions.

Two Structuring Meetings Patterns

• Mariusz Sieraczkiewicz
• Meeting facilitation , Scrum practices

As I describe in my book, it is beneficial to structure meetings (or parts of meetings) to make them more effective. Here are two examples useful for planning meetings, applicable in Scrum and adaptable to other contexts.