• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Especially when they’re called “standups” but everybody sits down because they typically last an hour or so.

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      4 months ago

      Yet another way that the good ideas from Agile got crushed to meaninglessness by Business Idiocy.

      The whole point of the “stand up meeting” is, by forcing everyone to stand together, to encourage everyone to keep it brief and to the point, so it benefits everyone without sucking their time.

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        4 months ago

        Of course, that works only when everyone’s in the same room. I don’t have a good replacement for teams that connect remotely.