13:00 to 14:00 – deciding your meetings

Before we are done, we need to decide which meetings we want to have and how often and when to have them. Go back to Chapter 5, Day 12 – Choosing the Roles and Meetings You Need, and present the options. Also ask the others for more alternatives. Maybe someone might have some good ideas they have experienced at another company or department. Remember, the idea of Kanban is for you to have an adaptive process where you are encouraged to experiment to prove or discard a hypothesis. So add a meeting if you think it will add value and remove it if you think it won't.

We'd just like to add that there is something strange about communication. When it works, no one thinks it's needed, but when you find out that it doesn't work, it's too late. You should rather have many short meetings than a few long ones. Invite people that are needed when they are needed and not otherwise.