80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans

Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by mcv on Saturday August 12, 2023 @12:58PM (#37102073)

Discussions, yes, but discussions aren't for the standup meeting. Those are for informally updating everybody on what you're working on and whether you're stuck on anything. They lead to 1 on 1 meetings to solve those issues.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by bshacklett on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:24PM (#37104368)

That’s the problem. Most teams don’t have stand-ups. They have gigantic status meetings on a daily basis, which is rarely valuable.

Give me a meeting every day to get people to talk about blockers, but it should be 15-30 seconds per person at most, and it should be scheduled outside of productive hours (easier said than done).

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by vitaflo on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:37PM (#37104467)

Anyone who cares what you’re working on can look at Jira. And if you’re stuck you shouldn’t be waiting for a meeting to tell people this. Standup are a total waste of time.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by wizofaus on Sunday August 13, 2023 @03:25AM (#37107497)

Many are. But I've been in more than a few that resulted in discussion that ultimately saved many many hours of time that would otherwise have been spent on something that wasn't necessary.

Actually the only thing I dislike about stand-up is struggling to remember everything I did the previous day, then realising I've forgotten to mention one or two key things after the meeting's ended, and wondering what everyone thought about the fact I apparently did so little... (which is silly, I know, but we're all human).

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by mcv on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @10:13AM (#37134267)

Jira never tells the entire story. And of course you can also reach out to people outside of the standup meeting, but that doesn't make them a waste of time. They can be quite effective, and they really do not take much time.

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Re:80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans by dragonwriter on Saturday August 12, 2023 @06:51PM (#37104946)

> Discussions, yes, but discussions aren't for the standup meeting.

What actually happens in a standup meeting tends to be a mix of:

(1) What theoretically belongs in a standup meeting, which is a meeting that should have been a kanban board plus identification of blockers that have been deferred for the standup rather than properly addressed when encountered and,

(2) tangents into discussions which should be 1:1 (this especially happens when blockers are discussed, because people want to help get them unstuck.)

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