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

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)