We cancelled standups and let the team build

Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by IOT_Apprentice on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:33PM (#24583950)

Imagine having to speak and say what you are doing in about 2 minutes. The horror. Part of your job is communicating what you are doing to others. It is common courtesy and a social skill. Cultivate it.

Stand Ups by nature are to be quick. It is why YOU DON"T SIT.

You can do them over Teams, Zoom, Slack.

Companies allocate millions to billions of dollars for projects and have a need to know how things are progressing and if there are issues and resources that can be brought to bear to solve them.

If your manager or "Boss" is micro-managing you to death, then leave. The culture is toxic and a 10 minute stand up is the least of your issues.

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by mattmanser on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:14PM (#24584775)

That's not communicating, a daily standup IS micro-managing. It's an incredibly destructive and soul-crushing anti-management technique.

No-one needs to have daily updates. Weekly, twice weekly, maybe, daily is simply treating people like small children.

Communication is a two-way street, not irrational cargo culted standups.

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