# 20241218 - Ways of working with Matt

We (Matt, Uri, Pablo) sit down to discuss how to transition after Ben C.’s departure.

Topics:

- Our challenges
    - Prioritising across areas, keeping up with initiatives from other teams
    - Balancing planning and doing
    - Balancing maintenance, adhoc and long-term work
    - Making sure maintenance is visible and timely
- Team splits
    - Engineering vs Analysts
    - Leads vs ICs
- Planning:
    - Quarterly TMT planning
    - Quarterly tech meeting
    - Biweekly planning
    - Daily
    - Retrospectives
- Quarterly retrospectives with you?
- People mgmt topics
    - Performance reviews and career planning
    - Holiday planning

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Stuff we discussed agreed:

- Keep biweekly planning, invite stakeholders as needed when they need to come in.
- Tip the balance of long-term vs adhoc more towards adhoc
- Set weekly meetings with Matt (alternate planning with simple people catchups)