> "In my (very positive) experience, stand-up is about maintaining situational awareness in the team." > And how could this not be more easily done with bug tra

> "In my (very positive) experience, stand-up is about maintaining situational awareness in the team." > And how could this not be more easily done with bug trackers and status emails? As far as I'm concerned, bug trackers and status emails are functionally equivalent to stand ups at a scrum board. I find email to be a terrible form of communication for open-ended discussion and would much rather do so face to face, but it's self-evidently a matter a personal preference. > "Seriously, stand-up isn't supposed to be about accounting for your time" > And yet, in most places, it devolves into just that. The fact that some people do it wrong is a straw man. > "it's an opportunity to pick the collective brain and gain some clarity / help with what you're doing." > Most people don't pay attention to other's updates; especially updates that they know aren't relevant to what they're working on. I've always found people are pretty good at picking up on the verbal cues when somebody's asking a question and answering it, even if they weren't paying particularly close attention.