Meetings are an important part and parcel of IT professionals. Most of our communication takes place within the four walls of a meeting room. The objective of meetings is to achieve intended outcomes, and to achieve it communication is key. To state plainly, a meeting room is a place where information exchanges happen between participants at a rapid pace, with the intention to reach desired goals.
All meetings can be broken down into three sections:
Preparation
The actual meeting
Post-meeting expectations
All three parts of the meeting are equally important whether you are attending or chairing it. We will delve into the three parts from a communication standpoint alone. I will not get into the nitty gritties of meetings, such as booking a conference room and ensuring a projector is in place, but will take you on a journey that necessitates the direct impact communication has on the objectives to be achieved.
There are a number of meetings that we come across in the IT world. Customer...