Why I hated the daily stand-up and how I started enjoying it?
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The document discusses the author's negative experiences with ceremonial daily standups, citing issues such as long duration, lack of preparation, and poor communication. To improve the standup process, the author proposes solutions including setting a consistent start time, duration, and using a structured update template. The template includes three key questions that team members should answer to enhance focus and productivity during standups.
Why I hated the daily stand-up and how I started enjoying it?
- 1. Karthik Sirasanagandla Agile Coach @ Industrial Logic 2012 October
- 4. Why I HATE the ceremonial daily standup?
- 11. Story-telling
- 16. Absenteeism
- 19. In-fighting
- 22. Immaturity
- 26. Childhood is time when you like Jerry and admire his smartness Maturity is time when you understand that Jerry is a complete asshole and you feel sorry for Tom
- 27. Summarizing why I hated standup Long and unproductive Lack of preparation Poor communication Story telling Lack of punctuality Absenteeism Infighting Immaturity
- 28. Solution(s)???
- 30. How I started to ENJOY standup as a practice?
- 31. Stand-up in open-space 05/05/09 www.agiletour.com
- 34. Stand-up near physical card wall
- 36. Stick to stand-up start time
- 38. Stick to stand-up duration
- 40. Token is the license to speak
- 43. The 3 Questions What I did yesterday? What obstacles I faced yesterday? What I intend to do today?
- 44. The Template Yesterday I played Login using Facebook story I had some trouble in integration which I’ll discuss in dev-huddle Today, I intend to continue playing the same story
- 45. Party-meter
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- 49. Thank You! Karthik Sirasanagandla Agile Coach Industrial Logic : kartzontech : kartzontech.blogspot.com : agile-highway.posterous.com : karthiks