"Ceremony" is the perfect term. These scrum practices generally have very little value. Daily standups could be replaced with asynchronous updates (Slack, Email

"Ceremony" is the perfect term. These scrum practices generally have very little value. Daily standups could be replaced with asynchronous updates (Slack, Email, whatever) and a meeting once or twice a week. "Retros" are useless 98% of the time. I'd often feel like I was being forced to participate and provide bullshit answers just so someone could fill out a spreadsheet and file his TPS report.