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StandupMail – Simple email-based productivity logging

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Re: StandupMail – Simple email-based productivity logging

#12

That's a replacement for the agile standup meeting every morning. I prefer to talk to my team in person.

Good point. But, that's not the goal. It's rather an extension to the physical meeting if you're product team... But marketing, hr etc. teams shall use it as well for keeping their teams/departments up-to-date... and those guys never heard about "SCRUM", "agile" and "Standup Meetings" :)

Re: StandupMail – Simple email-based productivity logging

#15
So, I really like this idea. It's similar to https://www.workingon.co

I like the idea of an e-mail based solution, but with such a simple concept I don't want to be tied to e-mail. I want it to be web based, I want it to be email based, command line, and I want to use hubot in campfire.

At the end of the day this gets rid of the daily standup, which I personally find tedious. I typically get little to no value from them, and feel they are more of a management tool. This sort of thing gets me out of meetings, which I'm all for.

Re: StandupMail – Simple email-based productivity logging

#16

So, I really like this idea. It's similar to https://www.workingon.co I like the idea of an e-mail based solution, but with such a simple concept I don't want to be tied to e-mail. I want it to be web based, I want it to be email based, command line, and I want to use hubot in campfire. At the end of the day this gets rid of the daily standup, which I personally find tedious. I typically get little to no value from t…

Thanks for your great feedback! Some of the major problems we were facing with standup meetings were, that in "the real world" team member come late, work remotely etc... So the email-based solution always works for everyone (who has an email address...) without interrupting them from what they're currently working on.

Re: StandupMail – Simple email-based productivity logging

#18
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Is there a way to tweak the frequency of the digest ? We're currently working on a weekly report basis with my team, and I'd definitely try the solution if we can keep it weekly

yes! You'll be able to individually setup when the digest (and reminder emails) will get send out. This could be daily, weekly, monthly or just on choosen days like every Tuesday etc...
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