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A daily standup should be a It seems like a waste of time to me to spend any time on preparing for it, and if that means my update is "I don't really remember what I did yesterday because I jumped around a ton", so be it.
Frankly even now that I'm a team lead I find these meetings fairly useless and my only real takeaways most days is what people need help or more work.
It sounds like you've found a system that works for you, imagine not having that system, being sleep deprived, or simply focusing on the next thing instead of the last thing you did.
I know a lot of things about a lot of things, to the point where I know a lot of things I don't know a much about, but I usually end up forgetting what I did yesterday, how old I am, how old my daughter is, birthdays other than my daughter's and my own.
People are different, so empathy is key in communication, I'm not too good with empathy, but I try not expect others to behave as I would.
> I take 15 minutes before my meeting preparing for the standup - to try to hunt down what I did yesterday
I would advise to take those 15 minutes at the end of your workday, and write it down. Then you’ll remember better the next day/week. Those 15 minutes are also an opportunity to plan what to work on the next day/week (and write that down as well).
I'm having a hard time imagining a stand-up where everyone on the team does not already know what you were doing yesterday. The board has your closed tasks and your current task. Your stand-up is to give progress on your task. What's going on that people don't know what task they have been working on?
I'm having a hard time imagining a stand-up where everyone on the team does not already know what you were doing yesterday. The board has your closed tasks and your current task. Your stand-up is to give progress on your task. What's going on that people don't know what task they have been working on?
Because I wake up 5 minutes before this meeting and my mental energy is spend on making coffee.