A group meeting sometimes is suggested as a useful compromise between interviews and questionnaires. In a group meeting, a systems analyst meets with a number of users at one time. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of group meetings

Group meeting are good for team building, networking, knowledge sharing and information processing but delay the output rate and lowers the efficiency

Explanation:

Advantages and disadvantages of group meetings are as follows -

a) A group meeting provides better opportunity to share knowledge, information and thus create opportunities for the participants.

b) It provides pathways for the building network through good working relationships.

c) Such meeting enlighten the work load on individuals and provide team building opportunities

d) As there is no leader in such discussion, the efficiency and rate of output delivery is reduced.

e) Information is not guided and hence remains unused sometimes.