1-1 meetings
Engineering weekly 1-1 meeting template
A flexible agenda that’s easy for engineering leads and team members to scan and reference.
Template author
Candost Dagdeviren [Source]
About this template
The creator of this template, software engineer Candost Dagdeviren, writes that you don’t have to fill out every section of the agenda: “Use whatever is necessary and leave the other parts empty.”
By having both you (the manager) and the engineer (the direct report) fill out this agenda beforehand, there’s a running record of what’s covered in recurring one-on-one meetings, and important highlights like wins, learnings, and feedback are easy to reference.
Engineering Weekly 1-1 Meeting Agenda
1. What’s top of mind?
Engineer:
Manager:
2. Things that went well?
Engineer:
Manager:
3. Learnings
Engineer:
Manager:
4. Priorities until we meet again
Engineer:
Manager:
5. Challenges and blockers
Engineer:
Manager:
6. Feedback
Engineer:
Manager:
7. Action items
Engineer:
Manager:
Source: Candost Dagdeviren
When to use this template
This meeting template is built for software engineering teams, so if you’re an engineering manager and need a one-on-one agenda to use with your team members — try this! That said, the flexible and recurring nature of this template means it could be used for weekly one-on-ones with other teams like marketing, design, product, customer success, sales, or people ops.
If you prefer a table-based meeting agenda, check out Candost's original version in the source link above (we adapted it slightly).
