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> The stand-up is an opportunity to call out things that are blocking you, not for giving status updates.

I find it very useful for allowing everyone on the team to have a general idea what everyone else is working on. You can call out to ask for help at any time [1]. But having a 15 minute meeting each day to make sure everyone has a view of all the pieces in movement is handy.

[1] Though the standup does give a place for people that aren't comfortable calling out when they're having issues.. to do so because it's expected there.




> Though the standup does give a place for people that aren't comfortable calling out when they're having issues

In my experience, standups are the worst places for such people. If they aren't comfortable calling out when they're having issues, they're even less comfortable calling out that they're having issues in front of the entire class.


And then if someone does have a blocker, talking about it needs to be "taken offline", so you already have to do an external sync-up anyway.




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