Meetings

We had a discussion at work about meetings, specifically the level of detail needed during round robins being used as an FYI technique. I like the idea that it is a formal time to bring up some ad hoc topic. How are we to catch dependencies if we don’t have any idea of what is going on? On the other hand, I am not a big fan of listing off items for the sake of someone hearing me speak. That is a recipe for phones coming out of pockets. These days we are all so specialized: network people; SAN people; desktop support people; server admins; dbas; virtual machine admins; share point admins; telecom; exchange admins; etc. The chance that everyone needs to listen to the details of what I am up to on a weekly or biweekly schedule is pretty slim.