How long and how often should team meetings be?

Let's start with a base assumption: Meetings should be held only if they add value to the team, and should specifically require the group to do something constructive together. Otherwise, we could issue an email or a report that everyone can read when they feel like it, and be done with it.

So let's discuss purpose and approach for regular team meetings. The point of having a regular team meeting is to bring together at least the core project team—the functional area leaders for example—to discuss progress, issues and actions, with the main focus on ensuring that…

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