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Discussion on: Do we need standup?

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Thomas Junkツ

The question is: What is the purpose of "standups"?

I think the main purpose is distribution of information.

In order to do effective standups, one should ask the question: who needs which information.

If there is a bunch of people who work on interdependent work, it could make sense to bring this people into an active exchange via standups.

OTOH: If you have a really self organizing team, I see no reason for standups, since every member lets others know, if they need help or provide value for others.

Standups are a way to encourage good communication practices, but not needed when you have already working communication structures.

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Rafal Pienkowski

I agree with you. As you mentioned if the self-organized team doesn't see the purpose for the daily standup because there is no such need, we shouldn't force them to that, especially if there they haven't any communication issues. In another case, I will opt for the meetings.

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Thomas Junkツ

we shouldn't force them to that

I think, this is the main reason for "agile" or "scrum" fatigue: If you want to do "orthodox scrum", you have to play by the rules - even if they do not make sense in your context.