> We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone paying attention. The ball feels a little gimmicky but otherwise

> We prohibited laptops in meetings. We had to stand. We passed a ball around to keep everyone paying attention. The ball feels a little gimmicky but otherwise in general I am in favor. The whole point of no laptops / standing / forced attention is to actually cut down on the meeting time by encouraging people to be present. When people can tune out and multitask, you get wasted meetings. If people are paying attention, they'll call out time wasting. > I had to use t-shirt sizes to estimate software. Why is this a problem? > We spent more time estimating story points than writing software This I just really don't believe. Perhaps it was meant in jest / hyperbole and does not actually represent a true accounting of time. If actually true, this is not a problem with scrum, but with your organization. Just because a process is misused doesn't mean the whole thing is useless. > scrum is not for developers Probably the biggest thing I definitely agree with. You know what else isn't "for developers?" The existence of the business itself.