Meeting room required.

[Cr1spy]

After a month of planning, meetings, estimates, worry, sleepless nights, revised estimates and stress I have finally managed to bag my first contract. It's direct with a client, so I had to do most of the leg work getting it setup.

Initially, it's only a 6 week engagdement with a possible 6 months there-after (if all goes well). So I'm fairly chuffed.

My first task is to take ClientCo product owner through a mini scrum training / product backlog creation session. The trouble is I need somewhere to do it!

I'm home based and don't have the space to host a planning session. The ClientCo offices are a no-no too (internal politics).

Any ideas on a where I can get access to a meeting room somewhere near south west M25 (junction 5 - 15)?

Being a permy for the last 15 years, I've taken meeting facilities as granted!

[Sockpuppet]

Regus - or most decent hotels will have syndicate rooms or a resturant/bar.

[eek]

Regus or most decent hotels will have syndicate rooms or a resturant/bar.

Regus or www.mwbex.com/ are the obvious bets. Either that or find a local countryside hotel and see what that will cost for a small meeting room with lunch attached.

If you don't need a white board and can sit round a table go for the hotel approach. I've used the Landmark a few times for this sort of thing (but that is central london).

[Cr1spy]

Regus - or most decent hotels will have syndicate rooms or a resturant/bar.

Thanks for the fast response! I'll check out regus. Then expense the room back to the client, woo-ha-ha!

[TestMangler]

Thanks for the fast response! I'll check out regus. Then expense the room back to the client, woo-ha-ha!

And you arranged that in advance ?

[Cr1spy]

And you arranged that in advance ?

Erm... I have a feeling it will be arranged in advance! Otherwise, there is always a greasy table in a starbucks somewhere

[lje]

Lots of Starbucks now-a-days have free meeting rooms which you can book. Would probably make sense to ring a round a few and see whether there's anything available for when you want it.

[jmo21]

The ClientCo offices are a no-no too (internal politics).

What kind of politics stops you from having a meeting with your client at their office?

[Cr1spy]

What kind of politics stops you from having a meeting with your client at their office?

The kind that (I thought) contracting should keep my out of. I think there is a board room coup on the cards and the result of this contract is going to supply the ammo.

[GillsMan]

Why not use web conferencing? GoToMeeting or WebEx or something like that?