MIT Increased Productivity and Reduced Meetings by 3x
👥Team: 15 | ✅ Dones: 3,291
Introduction
The engineering team at MIT's Office of Digital Learning wanted to adopt a scrum-based agile methodology for software development. However, the team lead did not want to spend a lot of time in meetings.
Challenge
The engineering team needed a way to maintain transparency into daily work without lengthy in-person standup meetings. Some team members were also remote, making in-person standups difficult.
Solution
The team adopted iDoneThis for online daily standups. Each morning, team members update their status on iDoneThis. During the standup meeting, the iDoneThis dashboard is displayed for everyone to see updates at a glance.
Results
Standup meetings are faster and more focused. Team members do not have to verbally report details already captured in iDoneThis. Meetings decreased from 15 minutes to 5 minutes (3x improvement).
Remote team members are seamlessly integrated through the online iDoneThis updates.
Greater transparency into daily work and blockers without time-consuming meetings. The iDoneThis dashboard provides an easy way to visualize what everyone is working on.
Team members feel less need to over-report work details with the written iDoneThis updates. Status updates are focused on key information.
Conclusion
iDoneThis enabled this engineering team to adopt agile standup meetings that are frequent, fast, and effective. Online status updates improved transparency while decreasing meeting times. Both remote and in-office team members are better connected through the shared iDoneThis dashboard.
MIT Increased Productivity and Reduced Meetings by 3x
👥Team: 15 | ✅ Dones: 3,291
Introduction
The engineering team at MIT's Office of Digital Learning wanted to adopt a scrum-based agile methodology for software development. However, the team lead did not want to spend a lot of time in meetings.
Challenge
The engineering team needed a way to maintain transparency into daily work without lengthy in-person standup meetings. Some team members were also remote, making in-person standups difficult.
Solution
The team adopted iDoneThis for online daily standups. Each morning, team members update their status on iDoneThis. During the standup meeting, the iDoneThis dashboard is displayed for everyone to see updates at a glance.
Results
Standup meetings are faster and more focused. Team members do not have to verbally report details already captured in iDoneThis. Meetings decreased from 15 minutes to 5 minutes (3x improvement).
Remote team members are seamlessly integrated through the online iDoneThis updates.
Greater transparency into daily work and blockers without time-consuming meetings. The iDoneThis dashboard provides an easy way to visualize what everyone is working on.
Team members feel less need to over-report work details with the written iDoneThis updates. Status updates are focused on key information.
Conclusion
iDoneThis enabled this engineering team to adopt agile standup meetings that are frequent, fast, and effective. Online status updates improved transparency while decreasing meeting times. Both remote and in-office team members are better connected through the shared iDoneThis dashboard.