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I've previously run with a #standup channel in Slack for distributed teams, where everyone makes sure there's an update in-channel at 0900 GMT of what they did in the preceding time they worked. Plus an #achievements channel where you make a note of anything you did that was significant (I've also heard this called #whathappened) I'm doing some consulting on the side (while starting https://getctx.io ) and at this cl…
Often they are introduced, because...
...some higher ups have the feeling things aren't going their way.
OR
...some people aren't available for questions somehow and you want to pin them down for at least 10min a day to get some information out of them.
In both cases the stand-up is just a band-aid for deeper issues like missing or broken processes, Miscommunication or simple that no-one cares enough to talk to each other anymore.
I've previously run with a #standup channel in Slack for distributed teams, where everyone makes sure there's an update in-channel at 0900 GMT of what they did in the preceding time they worked. Plus an #achievements channel where you make a note of anything you did that was significant (I've also heard this called #whathappened) I'm doing some consulting on the side (while starting https://getctx.io ) and at this cl…
nice. Does everyone in the team follow the protocol and like it?
#achievements works especially well because it gives a persistent, short-form log that people can read quickly when they come back from days off, for instance.
We're using geekbot for asynchronous daily standups and it works really well, I love it. Fixes the notes problem as well, I check the standup notes when I'm wondering what I planned to do for today ;)
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nice. Does everyone in the team follow the protocol and like it?
Yeah it works quite well. As usual, the biggest problems are with video and mics in meeting rooms with bad acoustics. Everything else is good. #achievements works especially well because it gives a persistent, short-form log that people can read quickly when they come back from days off, for instance.
I found stand-ups problematic. Often they are introduced, because... ...some higher ups have the feeling things aren't going their way. OR ...some people aren't available for questions somehow and you want to pin them down for at least 10min a day to get some information out of them. In both cases the stand-up is just a band-aid for deeper issues like missing or broken processes, Miscommunication or simple that no-on…
It's also a team requirement that if for some reason a member cannot make the standup call they record their status in /standup
I lead a student group. Have a Standuply report setup to run once a week on Slack. Also have Trello. Adoption of both has been tepid. I like the premise of Standuply: the bot interviews everyone (you define the questions) and then publishes a report of all the responses (or lack thereof).