Here's a thought experiment, and a challenge: When was the last time you learned something really important at a standup meeting that you wouldn't have learned otherwise, either by talking to someone directly or in some form of asynchronous communication?
I bet it was a while ago, if you can even think of anything specific.
Standups, in my experience, are a net negative, in that there is a cost, but rarely a benefit. I almost never get anything useful from them. I don't need to know that the product owner is in meetings all day. That's almost every day. I don't need to know what every single other developer is doing every single day. If I have a general idea of what the team is doing that's usually good enough. If I am blocked on something, how is that useful for you to know? If there's anything you can do about it, or need to communicate to somebody else, I've probably already talked to you. And if I haven't talked to you, it's almost certainly irrelevant to you.
Challenge: For the next week, make a note (actually write it down on paper) of something useful and actionable you learned at a standup meeting, and see how many times that happens. Then compare the cost of the time spent in standups to the number of times it was useful.
> Here's a thought experiment, and a challenge: When was the last time you learned something really important at a standup meeting that you wouldn't have learned otherwise, either by talking to someone directly or in some form of asynchronous communication?
Twice this sprint, a problem I mentioned at standup was addressed at that moment by a comment or suggestion from a teammate. The standup is really the only venue I have to casually, non-directionally vent frustrations I'm facing. They're great.
I can hardly remember the last time I personally learned something just from attending a standup, but I guarantee I've taught other developers a thing or two regarding their problems and tasks that they otherwise would have floundered about trying to solve on their own. Just because it doesn't benefit you doesn't mean it doesn't benefit the team and project.
I bet it was a while ago, if you can even think of anything specific.
Standups, in my experience, are a net negative, in that there is a cost, but rarely a benefit. I almost never get anything useful from them. I don't need to know that the product owner is in meetings all day. That's almost every day. I don't need to know what every single other developer is doing every single day. If I have a general idea of what the team is doing that's usually good enough. If I am blocked on something, how is that useful for you to know? If there's anything you can do about it, or need to communicate to somebody else, I've probably already talked to you. And if I haven't talked to you, it's almost certainly irrelevant to you.
Challenge: For the next week, make a note (actually write it down on paper) of something useful and actionable you learned at a standup meeting, and see how many times that happens. Then compare the cost of the time spent in standups to the number of times it was useful.