The Quick Sync Has Exceeded Its Mandate
The quick sync was scheduled for fifteen minutes. It is now in its forty-first minute and has two new agenda items.
Article I: Scope
The Quick Sync was originally authorized as a fifteen-minute alignment call between two or three people concerning one specific topic.
These terms govern what happens next.
Article II: The Addition of Agenda Items
While attendees are already present, agenda items may be added at no additional cost. The cost of adding an item mid-call is zero. The cost of scheduling a new call for the item would be one to three business days.
Under the governing rule, a quick sync expansion may expand beyond its purpose if expansion can still be described as alignment.
Each added item is described as a "quick one" or "just one thing." The items are not quick. They are each the same size as the original agenda item.
Article III: Artifacts
After the call, each participant may be asked to produce a document summarizing what was discussed. The document will be reviewed by the same people who were on the call. This is considered useful.
Colleagues who were not on the call will be briefed on the document's contents, which requires another call.
Article IV: Governance
The Quick Sync cadence is now weekly. Nobody proposed this. It became weekly because weekly calls are easier to skip than ad-hoc calls, and skipping became the primary governance mechanism once the call had exceeded its original scope often enough that attendance was treated as optional.
Article V: Outcome
The underlying task has been discussed on eleven occasions. Progress on the underlying task is not tracked by the process that tracks everything else.
The next Quick Sync is Tuesday at 2 PM. It will be quick.