Man, it's amazing how simple things get twisted unrecognizably over time. I introduced Scrum/Agile to my current company after having used it successfully at m

Man, it's amazing how simple things get twisted unrecognizably over time. I introduced Scrum/Agile to my current company after having used it successfully at my previous job. It was a little tough at first to get the project managers to understand that the daily stand-up was not for their benefit, but simply for the team to understand what everyone was working on and as a place to raise any issues. There was much gnashing of teeth as the stand-up replaced a daily check in call they had where devs had to report their status to the PM. But, a few sprints in and the PMs were happy to see results without having to be in daily status calls. (They are still invited to the stand-ups, but only as chickens) For me, the biggest benefit of the agile/scrum process is the sanctity of the sprint. PMs don't interfere inside the sprint by changing goals or micromanaging, and devs promise to deliver the work from the sprint on time. At the previous job, we had a dev team spanning 10 time zones. So I continued the practice of having the stand-up as a quick note in a slack channel, but the new team really wanted a daily meeting (via video conference). At the new job, we're all in the same timezone, but across multiple locations. So in some cases devs really like the "face to face" meeting. I get that it's hard for some people to participate in social situations (I'm one of them), but if you can't muster up the strength to get three sentences out (I did this yesterday, I'm doing this today, I'm (not) blocked) then you might have larger issues. :)