We cancelled standups and let the team build

Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by m463 on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:28AM (#24587093)

I think during a standup you have to - literally stand up. That's the point. It is mindfully uncomfortable/physical work for both speaker and listener, so important communication gets sort of selected in a darwinian way.

Compare that to hourly <n>-people's time is profligately spent and it has advantages for everyone.

If something needs more discussion, then the interested parties - only - can have their own meeting.

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by p_l on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:06AM (#24587676)

Don't worry, a manager's advantage is big enough to make a hour long standing up meeting...

Sincerely, someone who at some point decided to start stand ups early with unofficial goal of "finish before manager gets in"

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by watwut on Saturday September 26, 2020 @04:22AM (#24597238)

I can stand for two hours no problem. If the deal is to make it uncomfortable, don't be surprised people dislike it.

This sounds like someone bad at moderation punishing not healthy team members. Our hoping people are not fit enough to stand for long.

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by toxik on Friday September 25, 2020 @03:19AM (#24587376)

This seems wholly non-Darwinian to me, what do you mean would be the evolutionary process here?

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by m463 on Friday September 25, 2020 @04:45AM (#24587885)

I mean subjects. Everybody - speaker and listener alike - gets tired and cranky from standing so long that only the actually important subjects are discussed.

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Re:We cancelled standups and let the team build by hackerm0nkey on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:53PM (#24595526)

or do it from a plank position

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