Standup Meetings Archives

Project & Team Management

Why We Skip Friday Standups (And Other Small Adjustments That Make a Big Difference)

Skipping Friday standups might sound like a minor change, but this and other small tweaks have made a big impact on my team's workflow.

Growing as Makers

Why I Switched to Walking Standups

Being outside is awesome (duh), and the walking standup is a great way to make a daily micro-improvement on that front.

Project & Team Management

50 Segue Questions for Software Teams

Below is a list of tried-and-true segue questions (icebreakers) to get people talking and connecting on software teams or anywhere else.

Project & Team Management

If You Don’t Like Scrum, You’re Probably Using it Wrong

I sometimes hear from people in tech: "I hate scrum and don’t think it provides any value." That probably means they're doing scrum wrong.

Managing Your Team

Who’s Next? Keeping Standup Moving on Large Teams

Sizing up a team has many challenges, including managing the flow of standups. Here's a collection of ideas to keep things moving.

Project & Team Management

What Time You Hold Standup Meetings Impacts Team Outcomes

Standup is a straightforward scrum practice. But what happens to team dynamics when standup isn’t held at the beginning of the day?

Project & Team Management

How to Choose the Ideal Length for Your Team’s Sprints

Whether starting a new software project or simply transitioning to agile project management, your team will need to pick a length for upcoming sprints.

Project & Team Management

Rethinking Agile, Part 2 – The Stand Down Meeting

In Part 1 of this series, I suggested adding a “deload” period into your agile practices. In Part 2, another suggestion in the same vein: the Stand Down.

Project & Team Management

Why Asynchronous Standups Just Can’t Beat Synchronous Standups

Many organizations in the software world are moving to asynchronous standups. Here's why that's a bad idea, and why synchronous standups are essential.

Personal Optimization

4 Steps to Starting a Daily Standup with Your Family During Remote Work/School

Family standup meetings have helped us maintain harmony in our household while keeping our work-from-home and school productivity levels high.

Project & Team Management

Seven Quick Strategies for Effective Scrum Stand-Up Meetings

Do them wrong, and Scrum stand up meetings can become an annoying a time-waster. Here are 7 things every team member can do to make them effective.

Culture

10 Reasons We Have Daily "Stand Up" Meetings

AO's approach is a bit different than your typical sit-around-the-conference table meeting for a few reasons.