[ozim]

I remember worst estimations when you have 7-8 people in the room and then everyone has "something to say" then it takes instead of 1 hour maybe 2.

With async 5 of those people can work on something else when 2 or 3 have questions or ideas about the story.

[woodrowbarlow]

that's a problem in every part of the agile framework, but the mitigation should be the scrum master and enforced timeboxes for agile meetings. the scrum master must be assertive enough to step in and table all discussion at a certain point.