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> But you can share your daily status asynchronously as well.

In practice, this is harder because people don't speak up unless prodded. And on Slack, I spend a lot of time and effort prodding people for that update, whereas a stand-up takes 15 minutes, tops.

Not attending stand-up is a lot more visible than silently ignoring an async update request on Slack.



>Not attending stand-up is a lot more visible than silently ignoring an async update request on Slack

If a second "please respond, I need the answer now" Slack message is not enough, you have bigger problems


So add yet more process and bureaucracy instead of following tried and true management techniques of having a synchronous meeting lasting 15 minutes every morning?


This whole thread is about how standups are not “tried and true”.


Ignoring the basics of a simple process doesn’t make the process “bad.”




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