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I wonder if an end-of day stand-up might have benefits. A chance to briefly set out any blockers you anticipate for tomorrow/stuff you will need from other peo
by Angostura 7y ago
I wonder if an end-of day stand-up might have benefits.
A chance to briefly set out any blockers you anticipate for tomorrow/stuff you will need from other people.
But just as important; an end of day marker 'we're done - piss off home now - no working late'.
- dagw 7y agoI feel that end of day is more variable than start of day, especially if end of day means "Go Home!". Some people have kids to pick up from school/day care and leave at 3, while others like to come in later and/or take a long lunch and work until 6-7. Saying everybody must be in by 9.30 is probably easier to coordinate that saying everybody must stay until 5 and then go home at 5.15.
- solidasparagus 7y agoI've done both and I personally prefer beginning of day. Standups are usually (in my experience) the beginning of a conversation or a brainstorm and that works better when there is time left to continue after standup. If they are just reporting what you did then end of day might be better, but that sounds like a bad standup.
- ProZsolt 7y agoI worked in a Boston based team from Budapest. I did EOD standups all the time. It was nice I did not have a hard time remembering what I did during a day. I usually had one hour to short out any blockers before I finished working.
- jsight 7y agoThere are just as many issues with that as the beginning of the day, IMO. What constitutes the end of the day, for example? It isn't unusual for teams to have someone who comes in really early and leaves early. Or someone else who comes in late and leaves late. Early enough for the 6-3 worker might be well before the end of the day for a lot of others.