How Not to Host a Daily Stand-Up

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The daily stand-up is about sharing important information with your team quickly. It’s the meeting to end all meetings. It’s five to ten minutes long, no chairs are required (to remind people to keep it brief), and you basically give an update on what you’re working on and share anything you think the rest of the team needs to know.

Now, most agile textbooks will tell you that when doing a daily stand-up you should stand in a circle and have everyone on the team tell everyone the following:

  • What they did yesterday

  • What they’re doing today

  • Whether there is anything slowing them down

Good information. It’s ...

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