Some thoughts about dailys as we've started to embrace some scrum elements over the last few years.
I've found they are more valuable on some projects than others because of the number of people on the project, how sharp they are, timeline and amt of work to be done, etc.. We've found them more necessary in projects with larger groups and shorter timeframe.
One counter-intuitive thing about them. "Oh great another meeting".. You may get back some time spent on email correspondence or impromptu meetings when every issue has to be emails back and forth. Just hold it until the next standup.
The author said you don't want to wait 8 hrs until the next mtg to alert the PM of a blocker, but often you can make progress on other tasks - save the emails - or even worse - the impromptu meeting. Often, it can wait until tomorrow.
Most important, don't let the standups get off track. Either a PM who tries to turn it into a regular meeting. It's not a 30 or 60 min. status update they may be used to. Or - who lets people run wild. It's 15 minutes and that's it - and take things offline.
Where did the term "offline" come from? It's bewildered me for the past decade. It's always used in a meeting, which is inherently "offline".
It's also always code for "this is going to get ugly", or "this actually involves thought". So again, don't really get why "offline".
Additionally, I find it amusing (and agree with the author about standups btw) that anything which actually requires discussion among team members, and is interesting, and usually...worthy of us MEETING with each other...gets ordered out of the "meeting". Mundane status updates generally get ignored while everyone else looks at their phone or fidgets.
I've found they are more valuable on some projects than others because of the number of people on the project, how sharp they are, timeline and amt of work to be done, etc.. We've found them more necessary in projects with larger groups and shorter timeframe.
One counter-intuitive thing about them. "Oh great another meeting".. You may get back some time spent on email correspondence or impromptu meetings when every issue has to be emails back and forth. Just hold it until the next standup.
The author said you don't want to wait 8 hrs until the next mtg to alert the PM of a blocker, but often you can make progress on other tasks - save the emails - or even worse - the impromptu meeting. Often, it can wait until tomorrow.
Most important, don't let the standups get off track. Either a PM who tries to turn it into a regular meeting. It's not a 30 or 60 min. status update they may be used to. Or - who lets people run wild. It's 15 minutes and that's it - and take things offline.