Reflection on Meeting 1

Above is a screen capture from our team meeting's video.

After watching the video recording of our team meeting, I feel that we did perform well during the meeting. After an issue was raised, we all contributed to the discussion to find out the solution to the problem. Our team leader, Jeremy, did a very good job in steering the discussion. Each bullet in the agenda was solved chronologically and plausibly thanks to him. Abhinav was the one with the best programming skills among three of us; hence, he helped us clarify any doubt and understand how to implement the code. Each of us did try our best to tackle to problem. However, since the problem was not really a problem at that time, the discussion was faster than expected in the agenda. Nonetheless, we were dynamic enough to discuss issues that had not been decided in the agenda, which showed that we all prepared the problem thoroughly beforehand.

However, there was some room for improvement. The seating plan and the angle of the camera was not good. Hence, in order not to hide Jeremy from view, Abhinav and I had to set our laptops on our laps. Though they are called laptops, it is very unprofessional to put the laptop on one’s laps during the meeting. Another thing was our body gestures. It is never easy and natural to hold a meeting with the presence of a camera no matter how hard one may try. Our movements were stiffened and wooden, which were not shown in latter meetings without the camera.

On the whole, I think that our meeting was successful and productive. We could managed to tackle all of the points in the agenda faster than expected and there was little time wasted on irrelevant topics.