Meetings
If you have team of 16 developers and they spend 30 minutes in a meeting that does not help you get the product out the door, you’re 1 man day behind where you were before you walked into the meeting.
For every additional 15 minutes the team spends sitting around and not solving technical or project problems beyond that 30 minute meeting, you’re losing a ½ man day of work.
People need to meet to pool talents and solve problems, but everyone in the room that isn’t contributing is simply wasting her time. Math doesn’t lie: you’re wasting man hours sitting there not solving problems. Eliminate unnecessary meetings or you won’t make your deadline.
