“You might very well have the requisite players, pros, and cons , but then again, you might have too many. If it’s 30 minutes in and you still can’t figure out what the issue is, it’s time to go: too many issues. Someone who cares more than you needs to distill this chaos down to a coherent statement so the pros and cons can argue about one thing.” PlayerChaosMeetingArgueIssueProsCons Book:Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Source: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
“The pros are the players who are currently on the winning side of the issue. They’re getting what they want and are not incented to negotiate. They don’t even have to be here, and yet, they’re here and appear willing to listen to the cons, right? Maybe. Maybe they’re just here to watch the cons squirm.” PlayerWinMeetingNegotiateProsCons Book:Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Source: Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager