The "right" way to do stand ups
In my last post about daily stand up meetings dated(2011!!) I mentioned the standard format these typically take: What did you do yesterday? What do you plan to do today? Do you have any blockers or impediments We are all familiar with the approach. However, I often see teams losing focus of their progression against sprint goals due to executing the stand up poorly. If you find that going "round table" for individual updates is not providing any clarity on the progress of stories then it might be time for a change. Take this example: Yesterday, I had some meetings. I caught up with my emails and i had a dentist appointment in the afternoon Today I will catch up with Jane & Mike about Project Dilbert No blockers The format is correct BUT the content was of little or no value. Why? Because the update was not pertaining to any of the user stories in the sprint and the progress being made towards its completion. My previous post states that we sh...