Standups aren't always necessary, but you'd need a high functioning (read communicative) team. In other words, they serve primarily as a forcing function to ma

Standups aren't always necessary, but you'd need a high functioning (read communicative) team. In other words, they serve primarily as a forcing function to make sure teams are acting like teams (communicating). I find the most useful standups are asynchronous though. It's much easier for others to follow along (and ask follow up questions), and avoids statuses devoid of usefulness (or at least makes them very apparent).