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Discussion on: What makes a successful standup?

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Casey Brooks

There is a lot of information about your team's work status directly in the issue tracker, so just discussing what you did yesterday and are going to be doing today is a waste of time.

Likewise, an issue blocking only one member of the team does not need to be discussed with the team. Take that conversation offline after scrum with that individual.

The key to successful standup meetings is to not treat them like a status check, but a chance to quickly get iterative feedback from the whole team, and make sure everyone is tracking with the overall goal and its rapidly evolving requirements.

Anything highly important or controversial needs its own meeting scheduled. But scrum is a great way to determine whether your team thinks that meeting is necessary.