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Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by danmaz74 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @09:52AM (#10850745)
> I find most people zone out during the standup

Out of curiosity, how long do your standups last? How big is the team?

Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by smileysteve on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:22AM (#10850931)
15 (goal) minutes with a 10 person team.

Everybody didn't zone out every day, but most did, most of the time.

Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by smileysteve on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:11PM (#10851733)
It's also detrimental to morale when you realize that other people are zoned out through standup. Nothing much more frustrating than when a coworker asks a question that was answered in the "meeting" we were all just in.

Frankly, it's a huge opportunity for the listeners to shine. (Yay for being a listener)

Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by nickpsecurity on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @12:09PM (#10851723)
Exactly. It's a waste of time. Best to give a direct message or face-to-face telling the person what they need to know. Or not say anything if nothing is needed. At most, I'd say weekly meetings that were a mix of tracking project status and fun just for team-building purposes. Keeping people connected.
Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by alistairSH on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:21AM (#10850917)
I'm a project manager/scrum master, with a team that varies from 6 to 12 (roughly half the team is semi-permanently on-loan to other related projects/teams).

My daily stand-up is usually 5-10 minutes. About 5 minutes of the standard "what I did, what I plan to do, and what's in my way". And 0-5 minutes of resolving problems (figuring out if I need to escalate, or if another team needs to be involved, etc). Anything longer than that, and we schedule follow-up meetings with a more correct set of attendees.

Re:Ditching Scrum for Kanban - The best decision we’ve made ... by seanwilson on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @11:05AM (#10851208)
I've found this with big and small teams. With small teams you already know what everyone is up to and with larger ones the meetings go on for longer.