Small changes that made our daily stand-ups more useful
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Small changes that made our daily stand-ups more useful
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Re: Small changes that made our daily stand-ups more useful
#2Hitting dismiss and skipping it.
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#3Hitting dismiss and skipping it.
Pro tip haha
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#4If I can’t report on what I did yesterday in excrutiating detail, how will I justify my job and avoid layoffs?
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#5This improved update looks entirely like what could've instead been communicated asynchronously.
And some of it is not as timely as it could've been, because it was held back for the standup.
> Here is my attempt to improve such update:
> > Yesterday, I fixed a sidebar flickering bug.
> > Please review my PR soon as it is annoying for customers.
> > I started a video player story that we discussed at the last refinement.
> > Since it’s my first time working with the player module, I’d appreciate pairing up or any tips from someone familiar with it.
> > Today, my focus is on wiring up the play/pause functionality. Happy to sync after stand-up if anyone’s available.
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#6If I can’t report on what I did yesterday in excrutiating detail, how will I justify my job and avoid layoffs?
You can report on that, yesterday log can give the team important signals. It’s mentioned there. I encourage to focus on planning and cooperation though. Mainly cooperation so even when reporting yesterdays work it’s worth to emphasise things that impact others.
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#7Props to you if you manage to follow this and squeeze it into 15 minutes. I‘ve genuinely never had a daily last less than 60 mins.
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#8I noticed that by asking my team a quick set of questions after our "good morning" virtual coffee corner helped them focus on the important stuff:
What are you up to today? Any blockers? What do you need help with?
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#9The SPUR Agenda can be helpful as a template:
• Status (good and bad — things done and left undone)
• Plans (incl. contingency plans)
• Uncertainties (untested assumptions, upsides/downsides, etc.)
• Reports? (e.g., document any agreements reached)
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#10Props to you if you manage to follow this and squeeze it into 15 minutes. I‘ve genuinely never had a daily last less than 60 mins.
Your team needs coaching, then. Unless you're getting status from 30 people....which would be a whole other conversation.