I hate so much all those sprint related meetings. They literally take one day totalled (every 2 weeks).
Review, dry run demo, actual demo, planning, daily hourly meetings.... so much talking.

Hehe, but believe me the alternative is worse. You end up with something after few months of work that no one wants (including you)

@rusty-hacker I don't want a bad alternative. I want rather more efficiency on this one.

Thoughts on alternatives?

@Jumpshot44 I don't have a complete replacement but I would try to improve here and there. E.g. slack to replace a part of those never ending meetings.

@Jumpshot44 have you any alternative?

@tomeb the whole point of agile is to improve your processes. Dailys, reviews, planning... All those are experimented tools but aren't what agile is about : it is about finding what works for your project and your team.
If dailys don't work for your team, fine. Find what's the problem, what's the cause, propose a solution, experiment, check the result, iterate.

That being said, your own opinion on the efficiency has little value : what does your PO think ? Is he satisfied ? Does he feel like he's wasting time too ? Would changing the processes give him more visibility on the daily advancement of the project ?

@willol Indeed, improvement I would say too. For example, daily meetings reduced as time but not eliminated. Same for 3 hours as planning.

As for how the PO feels, is it only his opinion which matters? Our opinion, as a remote located team, is of little so value? I refuse this kind of "dictatorship".

@tomeb well, it's not that your opinion doesn't matter, but your role is to guide and counsel the PO, not to decide (it's his product, not yours)