The trade-offs immediately become clear. Best Practice Velocity of information. Triage is about the immediate conversion of decisions into action. The leads close issues and set priorities quickly, so developers can keep writing code. We cram into a standard-issue office.
People sit on the floor or lean against the wall.
Dress Code Shoes optional. A different snack every time. Talking Stick Structured informality. The triage meeting mirrors Microsoft's culture as a whole. The structure comes from the program manager, who moves the group through the bugs posted in our 'Raid' database, in order of priority.