Daily Stand-up Meetings: Valuable or Waste Of Time
"Agile, is that where you have those daily stand around meetings?" Daily stand-up meetings are often misunderstood and misrepresented. In most cases, this is due to team members lacking an understanding of its real purpose. Let's explore ... What is a daily stand-up? The Scrum Guide proposes a 15-minute time boxed event called the Daily Scrum where the Development Team meets "to synchronize activities and create a plan for the next 24 hours." The guide states, "This is a key inspect and adapt meeting." Since the meeting is short in duration, it is often held in a convenient and nearby informal setting with members standing. A principle from the Agile Manifesto states that the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. The daily stand-up brings…
