Why Daily Standups are a Waste of Time (And the Async Alternative)
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Every morning at 10:00 AM, thousands of engineering teams around the world abruptly stop coding, join a Zoom link, and answer three questions: What did you do yesterday? What are you doing today? Are there any blockers? On the surface, it seems harmless. It’s "just 15 minutes." But talk to any developer, and they will tell you the truth: Daily synchronous standups are killing their productivity. Here is why you need to kill your daily standup, and what you should replace it with instead. The…
1Key Takeaways
- Every morning at 10:00 AM, thousands of engineering teams around the world abruptly stop coding, join a Zoom link, and answer three questions: What did you do yesterday?
- It’s "just 15 minutes." But talk to any developer, and they will tell you the truth: Daily synchronous standups are killing their productivity.
- Here is why you need to kill your daily standup, and what you should replace it with instead.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — AI reports that every morning at 10:00 AM, thousands of engineering teams around the world abruptly stop coding, join a Zoom link, and answer three questions: What did you do yesterday?
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