> the horror of working in a team where obstacles are not communicated immediately and have to wait for such meetings I think this depends on the type of obsta

> the horror of working in a team where obstacles are not communicated immediately and have to wait for such meetings I think this depends on the type of obstacle. If the obstacle is something like "I can't figure out which service my code is supposed to be reading its data from" then yes of course that should be resolved immediately. On the other hand, if the obstacle is "I'm worried that team X might not meet their promise of giving us deliverable Y in 2 months, and I can't agree with project manager Z on an appropriate backup plan" then you can probably wait for a weekly meeting.