Re:The Dreaded Weekly Status Email
by true_religion on Thursday July 28, 2016 @02:03AM
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Theoretically stand-up was supposed to be a quick activity taking no more than 15 minutes of your day, and on average taking less than 5 minutes. Teams were supposed to be small, and people were only supposed to talk for about 30 seconds unless there were quick questions to be answered.
That's why it was called stand-up, in order to emphasise that you stand while doing it so the meeting simply can't be long since everyone is psychologically incentivised to get to the point so we can all go to break room, sit down and work, or get coffee.
Of course it didn't work out that way in many places, and now 'stand-up' is a 1 hour long daily meeting complete with minute notes, rules of proceedings, and slide-shows.
That's why it was called stand-up, in order to emphasise that you stand while doing it so the meeting simply can't be long since everyone is psychologically incentivised to get to the point so we can all go to break room, sit down and work, or get coffee.
Of course it didn't work out that way in many places, and now 'stand-up' is a 1 hour long daily meeting complete with minute notes, rules of proceedings, and slide-shows.