Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Separate daily standups from status meetings

Daily stand-ups are by the team for the team to exchange news, statuses, issues, and help to coordinate planning on daily basis.

Status calls are for management to get updated on the progress and got necessary issues escalated to be taken care of at higher levels.

Mixing these two meetings simple kills the benefits of the stand-up by turning it into another status meeting.

It is recommended to separate these two events in time.

So that the stand-up is done locally by all team members, literally standing in front of a task board and talking in their native language.

The status meeting (or a call) can be done right after it with limited number of attendees, using teleconferencing tools at hand.

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