> Standups are intended to set a 'floor' for communication, but they often set a 'ceiling' instead. In my experience, the ‘daily’ standup becomes a benchmark fo

> Standups are intended to set a 'floor' for communication, but they often set a 'ceiling' instead. In my experience, the ‘daily’ standup becomes a benchmark for minimum acceptable communication. Show up for 15 minutes, and then it’s safe to hide for the rest of the day. This may or may not be a problem given the economics of the business in which a software team operates. I'm actually OK with this, and this is how my team operates. We treat each other as adults, instead of witch hunting who did the least amount of work yesterday. Works fine for the team, things get done, minimal toil, zero churn.