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> How do you get everyone on the same page if you cannot ask questions? Not sure why you're asking me this. I welcome questions in standups. And if a question

> How do you get everyone on the same page if you cannot ask questions? Not sure why you're asking me this. I welcome questions in standups. And if a question warrants a deeper one-on-one chat, then at least everyone knows an issue has been raised (but often someone on the team knows the answer straight away). They hardly take up time. I suspect we have radically different experiences of standup meetings, hence the polar opposite views. In my case (16 year old company, high functioning team), daily standups are fun - hardly a chore - and you'd be surprised what surfaces in these team meetings (that wouldn't necessarily come to light if we were to simply rely on team members to speak up only "when there was something to talk about"). Just to be clear, I'm not criticising your lived experience. I don't doubt you for a second. But let's be fair - it really depends on the team, and the environment, and the desire for daily standups to begin with. It's a bit like project management tools. If abused, or used solely for the sake of ticking boxes, they're annoying. But if used correctly, and everyone is happy using them, then they certainly add value. I suppose it's highly anecdotal.

cudgy 5y ago
It just seems highly unlikely that you are having 10 minute meetings while accomplishing anything beyond the usual small chit chat and banter that almost all social interactions require. It takes ten minutes alone to just gather a group of people, look at each other, and say hello.
- herodoturtle 5y ago
  I can understand why you’d think that. If I may challenge your idea: what you describe only applies to teams that don’t meet often. My team has been doing this daily standup for years. Those 10 minutes are succinct - and effective. We save the chit chat (of which there’s plenty) for our lunch breaks and after hours. I wouldn’t blame someone for doubting it’s possible. But yeah, in our case, it just works.
  - cudgy 5y ago
    Perhaps you work in a culture that does not have this limitation, but, in the US (a country often criticized for being work-centric), a 10 minute meeting that accomplishes anything meaningful at all is virtually impossible. In fact, the more often people meet, the more banter that crops up. Anyway, you have something special at your company that I’ve never seen. Cherish it.

cudgy 5y ago

It just seems highly unlikely that you are having 10 minute meetings while accomplishing anything beyond the usual small chit chat and banter that almost all social interactions require. It takes ten minutes alone to just gather a group of people, look at each other, and say hello.

herodoturtle 5y ago
I can understand why you’d think that. If I may challenge your idea: what you describe only applies to teams that don’t meet often. My team has been doing this daily standup for years. Those 10 minutes are succinct - and effective. We save the chit chat (of which there’s plenty) for our lunch breaks and after hours. I wouldn’t blame someone for doubting it’s possible. But yeah, in our case, it just works.
- cudgy 5y ago
  Perhaps you work in a culture that does not have this limitation, but, in the US (a country often criticized for being work-centric), a 10 minute meeting that accomplishes anything meaningful at all is virtually impossible. In fact, the more often people meet, the more banter that crops up. Anyway, you have something special at your company that I’ve never seen. Cherish it.