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The thing is this seems to be fairly common, I see it a lot in other blue sky groups. Who also get nothing done...
One quick trick is to eliminate the "what did you do yesterday" question. It doesn't really matter. What matters is if each person is on track with the work they committed to, and people aren't being lazy.
And also, if people are basically taking the easy way out, sounds like you have a really bad project manager/product owner who isn't keeping tabs on things.
You need someone involved who is willing and able to cut through the bullshit and call people out for doing that then. Daily standups quickly devolve to status updates, when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. One quick trick is to eliminate the "what did you do yesterday" question. It doesn't really matter. What matters is if each person is on track with the work th…
I don't see why we need daily stand ups for this either. What's the point of saying "everything's going fine" every meeting?
You need someone involved who is willing and able to cut through the bullshit and call people out for doing that then. Daily standups quickly devolve to status updates, when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. One quick trick is to eliminate the "what did you do yesterday" question. It doesn't really matter. What matters is if each person is on track with the work th…
> when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. I don't see why we need daily stand ups for this either. What's the point of saying "everything's going fine" every meeting?
for good team lead it should indicate that "something is wrong". It possible cannot be "fine" every meeting, if team is really solving some problems. If team doesn't solve anything complex - there is no need for standup.
I'm just not doing it anymore..along with open office.
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> when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. I don't see why we need daily stand ups for this either. What's the point of saying "everything's going fine" every meeting?
> everything's going fine for good team lead it should indicate that "something is wrong". It possible cannot be "fine" every meeting, if team is really solving some problems. If team doesn't solve anything complex - there is no need for standup.
You need someone involved who is willing and able to cut through the bullshit and call people out for doing that then. Daily standups quickly devolve to status updates, when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. One quick trick is to eliminate the "what did you do yesterday" question. It doesn't really matter. What matters is if each person is on track with the work th…
> when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. I don't see why we need daily stand ups for this either. What's the point of saying "everything's going fine" every meeting?
It takes 5 seconds to say "I'm good, no blockers".
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> when the true purpose is to identify blockers and dependencies before they become problems. I don't see why we need daily stand ups for this either. What's the point of saying "everything's going fine" every meeting?
if you have a ten person standup, and 8 of those people say "everything's going fine", and they're being honest (key), then you had a good standup. It's good because those other two people are saying "I'm blocked by XYZ". It takes 5 seconds to say "I'm good, no blockers".