Who the hell has a 1-hour standup every day
I used to, wanted to Keep Myself Safe every day.
Corpos are awful to work for
Yeah, 1 hour standup is an oxymoron
Our team had grown too big
Me. I hate it so much.
Same. I have yet to see anyone implement a true 15 minute standup.
My seven person team completes a stand-up in less than 15 minutes twice a week. Does it provide value? Probably not. Is it fast? Yes.
I’d prefer quick no value to long no value.
Trust me, it provides value. For those of us with problems leaving everything to the last minute, having a little biweekly accountability and structure can really help prevent problems from getting too big.
My old job legitimately did 5 minute standups. A person saying they were struggling with something would often get interrupted by someone else volunteering to help them after standup. It was incredible. I miss it so much.
I’ve been on multiple teams that do and it’s so much better than the teams that don’t.
Ideal standup (cameras off):
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-2:00 - 0:00 mark: light chit chat if earlybirds want while waiting for standup to start
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15s-45s / per person: what did you work on yesterday, what are you working on today.
- An extra 45s if you have a blocker. The resolution during the meeting is always either:
- ‘blocked, nothing I can do, moving onto X ticket’,
- ‘someone tells me who to talk to to unblock’
- ‘me and a team member agree to meet after the standup to discuss how to unblock’
- An extra 45s if you have a blocker. The resolution during the meeting is always either:
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0-2min total for offboard updates: who has a doctor’s appointment, needs to take time off, happy anniversary, etc.
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Get in the Teams Meeting, Shinji.
When you have to attend the post-meeting meeting:
Best schedule is: Clock in at 9:00 and plan/settle in until 10:00. Standup from 10:00 to 10:30 (and no later!). Solo code until 3:00 (lunch when you feel like it) and pair programming/testing from 3:15 to 5:00
I will be taking no questions
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Give me back my waterfall and 5 hour uninterrupted days.
Managerialism and it’s consequences …
We really gotta do something about the corporate managerial class.