I hate standups, but I also hate no standups since most people are unable to grab people and sync when needed.
Currently my team has two morning meetings, first the forced full team one which is 100% useless since it's just status reporting and most people do not care what most people do.
Then after that we have a sync between devs (we are 6 devs in my team). That's where useful things happen, we allow it to be a bit more than a standup, so we discuss issues, solutions etc and make sure backend/frontend is aligned etc. Anybody is free to leave if the topic doesn't concern them and this meeting usually runs 15-20min max, compared to the big standup that can run for 40min+ (yeah...).
A tech sync that is more than a standup, to allow for discussions, is the most useful way I know to align devs and make sure we are building things in a good way. It's something I usually advocate for, not because it's ideal, but because people are bad at syncing/discussing spontaneously thoughout the day.
OP, you're a whiny child yourself. The one thing that won't do anybody any good is infantile rage, except sadists might get some fleeting satisfaction from watching you suffer.
I've been a part of daily standup routines that were somewhat useful and some that weren't. Even in a good one, where some useful exchanges happen, most of the time is still wasted on irrelevant stuff. Best suggestion I have is to let each person speak if they have something to say, and otherwise we move on. Having the opportunity, with everyone present, is useful I think.
This does not strictly follow the formulaic Agile Standup, but agile is about "people over process" anyway, so you can tell that to the Agile Coach.
Every time someone links to this blog, easily 50% of the comments devolve into nitpicking the style.
But hey look: It works!
It got your attention. It got many people's attention. It makes the point clearly without wishy-washy weasel words.
I'm fed up with the all-too-common corporate bullshit-speak of: "Agile may or may not be appropriate for all organisations, so you may need to tailor the approach to your specific situation."
That translates to: "It probably won't work, I don't know when or why it does work, so... good luck!"
Isn't it a breath of fresh air to hear someone state their actual opinion instead of dressing it up until it is unrecognisable?
"I just wish he'd just a more polite style!" you're about to say.
Then we wouldn't be reading it and discussing it right now.
If you tolerate this type of hyperbole, then great. I don't have any interest in it, and this author has alienated me and surely many other adults who don't have time for the linguistic stylings of a 14 year old who hates his dad. So, it is a style, yes, but it has consequences for how (and whether) the content is received, because people have to make judgement calls on what is worth their time. This is not, for me. Whatever he has to say, it can't have been that important, or he would have put it into a form that wouldn't arbitrarily alienate and annoy people.
getting my attention came at the cost of starting with a very low value opinion of the author based on how utterly classless the title was and if your goal is to inform or change minds of readers that’s not a good way to go about it.
But would you rather listen to the opinion of the one boy who shouted “The emperor is naked!” or the opinion of a thousand sycophants politely complimenting his dress sense?
> Isn't it a breath of fresh air to hear someone state their actual opinion instead of dressing it up until it is unrecognisable?
The piece starts with a threat of violence. If enough people behave like this we will all start killing each other over food and ammo and I feel we are uncomfortable close to that tipping point.
So no, it is not a breath of fresh air. It might have been 20 years ago. Not now.
A tech sync that is more than a standup, to allow for discussions, is the most useful way I know to align devs and make sure we are building things in a good way. It's something I usually advocate for, not because it's ideal, but because people are bad at syncing/discussing spontaneously thoughout the day.
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