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Because you have to think upfront what are you going to say. You might me interrogated in front of everyone else about something that you are doing, and will ha
by vfc1 7y ago
Because you have to think upfront what are you going to say. You might me interrogated in front of everyone else about something that you are doing, and will have to come up with an answer on the spot.
This is obviously stressful, and psychologically pressures you to try to finish the task ASAP the day before, so that you can come up to the meeting and just say its done.
Which is the real actual benefit of the standup, and why managers keep doing it, despite they are obviously not needed and in most cases a waste of time.
The standup keeps everyone on their heels and feeling like their every breath is monitored and accounted for.
- solidasparagus 7y agoIf you are being interrogated to the extent that you have to plan what you are going to say, the standup is being run poorly IMO.
- vfc1 7y agoEveryone has to spend at least some time thinking ahead of time what they are going to say, and you probably do too. Its the perception of yourself and your work from the eyes of the group that is at stake here, it's important and most people usually don't just improvise it. Many times people have notes of what they want to say, which involves preparation, attention and energy put into it that would better be directed elsewhere.
- solidasparagus 7y agoI don't know, on a healthy team you should feel very comfortable giving an update on your work without having to prepare. I've prepared for standup when I was new to a team, but it should pretty quickly get to the point where you don't need that. At least for my experiences, it's not like standup is a major factor in how teammates think of you - that comes from working together with people.
- mcv 7y agoI don't. Often it's "What was I working on again? Oh yeah, that one issue. And I reviewed some code. The thing I'm working on I hope to finish today, maybe tomorrow. That's it. Oh wait, I also deployed a thing." It requires very little thought.
- matwood 7y ago> Its the perception of yourself and your work from the eyes of the group that is at stake here If your teams have so little trust in each other that you have to do all this preparation for a standup, then there are already much larger issues.
- whateveracct 7y agoThat's what happens when the PM (or other deadline-obsessed entity) is in charge though.