How to improve agile meetings

Developers enjoy being on self-organizing agile teams and building innovative solutions. They recognize the need to discuss problems, resolve blocks, hold retrospectives, and share results in sprint reviews.

But developers loathe attending too many meetings or wasting time in poorly managed ones. Barrages of urgent emails, impromptu Zoom sessions, or frequent Slack messages can drain productivity. Coding requires concentration, and distractions can lead to software defects and quality issues.

Evaluate meeting practices and behaviors

We used whiteboards and sticky notes to manage backlogs in the early agile and scrum years, but most teams replaced these analog practices with Jira Software, Digital.ai, Azure DevOps, or other agile tools. Many agile practitioners prefer having collocated teams working in open spaces, but there are many best practices for supporting agile in geographically dispersed teams.

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