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Spyros Argalias

Agreed. I agree with your evaluation of the problem and the sentiment that daily standups are useful.

Imagine working for months in isolation and not having any clue what anyone else on your team is doing. Sounds much worse to me than a quick 10 minutes (when done right) every day.

And standups should be timeboxed (kept strictly within 15 minutes at all times). If a person is talking for too long, the scrum master (or anyone else) should mention "hey Bob, it looks like this needs further discussion. Why don't we take this offline with Bob and Alice afterwards".