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January 3, 2026January 3, 2026Meetings

What is Parking Lot In Scrum, And How To Use It Effectively

One of the biggest problems in meetings is that they go off the rails all the time – we get runaway trains, we have rabbit holes, we get blurred herbs, we get people that just interrupt and ramble, we get one issue that dominoes into 50 other issues, and it’s just kind of hard to keep everything on track and together. … [ Read the rest...]

February 15, 2025February 16, 2025Leadership, Meetings, Remote Teams

The 9 Golden Rules for a Productive Virtual Meeting

Today project teams distributed all over the globe are becoming more and more widespread. Obviously, project management practices are also evolving in response to these changes. Let’s take meetings as an example of the most powerful project management means. Hosting a productive and efficient virtual meeting within a co-located team has been always a challenge that requires a set of specific skills and experience.… [ Read the rest...]

December 6, 2024March 22, 2025Agile, Communication, Meetings, Scrum

Daily Standup Best Practices: Mastering the Art of Efficient Collaboration

In the fast-paced world of agile development, daily standup meetings, also known as daily scrum meetings, have become a cornerstone of team communication and productivity. But while these meetings are essential, they’re often misused or misunderstood, leading to wasted time and frustration. How can you ensure your team’s standups are effective, engaging, and, most importantly, valuable? Drawing on industry insights and proven strategies, this blog will explore best practices for daily standup meetings, helping you transform them into a powerful tool for team alignment and problem-solving.… [ Read the rest...]

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020Meetings, Scrum

How to Turn the Floor Over to the Next Person on Daily Scrum Meeting

If you use Scrum methodology on your projects, you definitely know how the Daily Scrum Meeting goes. If not, here is a quick walk-thru. People take their turns and provide their status updates one at a time. The status is short but informative, and its purpose is to answer three main questions: “What I did yesterday”, “What I’m going to do today”, “What impediments or blockers I`m having at the moment”.… [ Read the rest...]

April 23, 2019Leadership, Meetings, Soft Skills

How to Deliver Bad News to Your Team

Unfortunately, bad things happen in our lives, and the projects we`re managing are not an exception. A project may be downsized or cancelled, some people may have a bad performance review or even have to be dismissed, customers may not be happy with the product, etc. This is just a short list of troubles you as a project manager may face on your project.… [ Read the rest...]

November 17, 2018November 18, 2018Meetings, Teambuilding

5 questions to ask your teammates at your first one-on-one meeting

One of the first things you should do taking over a new project is definitely getting acquainted with your team. As usual a new project manager is introduced to a new team officially by his predecessor or manager, but I’m talking about something different here. I mean that it makes perfect sense to meet with each team member in person. Such one-on-one meetings are the most useful project manager’s instruments.… [ Read the rest...]

September 15, 2018September 30, 2018Checklists, Meetings, Scrum, Soft Skills

10 arguments why daily scrum meeting is important (infographic)

It happens that engineers call into question the importance of daily scrum meeting, especially those ones who have a lack of experience of working in a team. Their most common argument against this meeting is that it distracts them from the actual work, and it is just a waste of time. If you as a project manager faces this issue, you should find the right words and arguments to explain your team mates the usefulness of a daily scrum meeting and to persuade them not only to attend it but also to be an active participant at it.… [ Read the rest...]