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> Everyone learns everyone's status all at once. In my experience this just doesn't matter. If I'm working on a totally different work stream to somebody else,
by beaconstudios 6y ago
> Everyone learns everyone's status all at once.
In my experience this just doesn't matter. If I'm working on a totally different work stream to somebody else, I'm not listening to them talk about that unless they're asking for help. It's not in my context, so I'm just not interested. Typically only 1 person at most will be working on something directly related to what I'm doing or something that directly pushes an important team goal, so for an average 6 person team I'm spending at least 2/3 of my time uninterested. That's why people complain about standups even if it's only 15m/day.
- jimbokun 6y ago> If I'm working on a totally different work stream to somebody else Why are you in the standup of people who you are not working with? If the people on your "team" are working in totally different streams, it's not a team in any real sense.
- beaconstudios 6y agobecause in a complex piece of software you can be working on totally different details within the same bigger picture. I might be working on a bug in authentication while you tweak the order processing logic, but we're both working on an ecommerce site.
- LudwigNagasena 6y agoOk, but does it make you a part of the same team?
- beaconstudios 6y agoyes.
- cma 6y agoAnd you don't ever have experience working on stuff in the past that others are working now to where you can provide input or notice they are running into a problem you ran into in the past?
- beaconstudios 6y agodo I have experience communicating with present and future team members? yes. how is that relevant?
- xboxnolifes 6y agoBecause even if you aren't working on the same area of code right now, previous experience in the area can potentially help your teammates.