Re:You don’t need standups
by btilly on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:19PM
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The one thing that I like about standups is that they make real blockage or ineffectiveness more visible.
It is true in theory that you can get the same thing from just scanning the project board every day. But people don't actually do it. Furthermore if you're stuck on X, standups are a perfect time for someone who was about to look for a ticket to take one off of you that they are better suited to handling.
Are they perfect? No. There are definitely false positives. But the ratio of real positive to false one is good enough that they provide real value overall.
It is true in theory that you can get the same thing from just scanning the project board every day. But people don't actually do it. Furthermore if you're stuck on X, standups are a perfect time for someone who was about to look for a ticket to take one off of you that they are better suited to handling.
Are they perfect? No. There are definitely false positives. But the ratio of real positive to false one is good enough that they provide real value overall.