Item · Calibration

How should a recurring team meeting balance status updates against open discussion?

A small team is choosing how much of its weekly meeting to spend on status updates versus open discussion.

CAL-01 Calibration itemprovisional

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The five positions

anchors carry the meaning, the scale cannot drift as discourse drifts
1

All status: the meeting exists to report progress efficiently.

2

Mostly status, a little discussion at the end.

3

An even split between status updates and open discussion.

4

Mostly discussion, with status handled in writing beforehand.

5

All discussion: status belongs in a document, never a meeting.

1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive

Where the seats stand

n = 5 trials per seat (pre-series; ten at v1.0) · option order shuffled every trial JSON

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