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1. Isn't the standup usually the place you're told to initially ask for that help? 2. Aren't most people, at least the developers/designers in the same standup

1. Isn't the standup usually the place you're told to initially ask for that help? 2. Aren't most people, at least the developers/designers in the same standup, supposed to be working on the same project?

Shaanie 8y ago
Don't wait until the standup to ask for help if you don't have to. I'm also confused why OP is having standup eith people who havent even heard of the project he's working on. Doesn't sound like he's working on the same product as the other developers.
- fakecigar 8y ago
  +1 The standup should be the place of last resort for bringing up barriers impeding a task. The more resourceful you can be at solving a problem/brainstorming outside of the standup the better ime
- s73v3r_ 8y ago
  "Don't wait until the standup to ask for help if you don't have to." I didn't mean to imply that, but one of the purposes of stand-up is to give a place for that to happen.
drunken-serval 8y ago
#2 never happened at any job I've had. It was always the entire team and we all had different projects. Sometimes entirely different applications.
- taneq 8y ago
  That sounds like you were all on different teams, in the sense being used here, and probably shouldn't have all been in the same standup together apart from maybe a once-a-week catchup.
  - zamber 8y ago
    A friend worked in a startup where 20-30 people of the tech dept. had a hour long standup. QA, sysadmins, developers - all had their 2 minutes to essentially do a daily status update. I'm glad I haven't lived through that hell.
    - jkchu 8y ago
      Wow that sounds like a nightmare. My standups have almost always been limited to just one team, usually 5-8 people.
  - Scarblac 8y ago
    But you are in the same team in all the other senses, mostly that these are the people you work with in the long term. Some projects you do alone, some with Bob, others with almost everyone, but the team members want to feel like a team and have an idea of what everyone's working on.

Shaanie 8y ago

Don't wait until the standup to ask for help if you don't have to. I'm also confused why OP is having standup eith people who havent even heard of the project he's working on. Doesn't sound like he's working on the same product as the other developers.

fakecigar 8y ago
+1 The standup should be the place of last resort for bringing up barriers impeding a task. The more resourceful you can be at solving a problem/brainstorming outside of the standup the better ime
s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Don't wait until the standup to ask for help if you don't have to." I didn't mean to imply that, but one of the purposes of stand-up is to give a place for that to happen.

drunken-serval 8y ago

#2 never happened at any job I've had. It was always the entire team and we all had different projects. Sometimes entirely different applications.

taneq 8y ago
That sounds like you were all on different teams, in the sense being used here, and probably shouldn't have all been in the same standup together apart from maybe a once-a-week catchup.
- zamber 8y ago
  A friend worked in a startup where 20-30 people of the tech dept. had a hour long standup. QA, sysadmins, developers - all had their 2 minutes to essentially do a daily status update. I'm glad I haven't lived through that hell.
  - jkchu 8y ago
    Wow that sounds like a nightmare. My standups have almost always been limited to just one team, usually 5-8 people.
- Scarblac 8y ago
  But you are in the same team in all the other senses, mostly that these are the people you work with in the long term. Some projects you do alone, some with Bob, others with almost everyone, but the team members want to feel like a team and have an idea of what everyone's working on.