How to make Meetings Successful and Useful

The post argues that meetings are successful when they stay to the point, produce clear objectives, and make it obvious what to do, when to do it, and who will do it. It then points to 37signals’ advice as the source of the main practical rules.

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• The meeting should begin with a specific problem so it does not drift off course.
• It should happen at the site of the problem, not in a conference room, so people can look at the code or UI and suggest concrete changes.
• It should end with a solution and responsible parties so the next action is concrete.
• After the solution is reached, the meeting should stop and people should do the work.