[HN Gopher] A new take on remote/hybrid standups
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       A new take on remote/hybrid standups
        
       Author : Ali_Jiwani
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2021-02-23 21:13 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.rally.video)
        
       | casion wrote:
       | > Reframe the purpose of the standup so its not purely about work
       | but about catching up and hanging out as well.
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       | I like to chat after work, if I have time. I like to joke, laugh,
       | have idle chatter with co-workers if/when we pair on things.
       | (especially during deploys or compile cycles)
       | 
       | I do not want to be forced to schedule "social time". Social
       | activity is fluid for me, and I can 'fake it' if necessary, but
       | needing to fake it 4/5 days is just silly.
       | 
       | I'm not a cave-dweller either. I was an educator (teenagers, then
       | graduate level), I've spoken at dozens of conferences, I run two
       | active local clubs.
       | 
       | If a company forced "rallies" on me, I would unequivocally leave.
        
       | Ali_Jiwani wrote:
       | I am curious about your thoughts on this approach to standups.
       | Excusing the self promo of calling it a Rally, do you think
       | adding in some time before or after your standup has been useful
       | to bring your teams together? Do you think adding more people to
       | a dedicated meeting with multiple breakout functions like Rally
       | is a useful way to improve cross company collaboration? Are the
       | problems of connecting and cross collaborating real problems your
       | remote teams are facing?
        
       | lowbloodsugar wrote:
       | I thought this was from Rally, the company that makes Scrum
       | software (now owned by Broadcom it appears), instead of from
       | Rally, the company that makes Scrum software. Can't believe
       | you're not walking into a trademark war with a much larger
       | company.
        
       | cvburgess wrote:
       | We dont use Rally, but my team has essentially always done this
       | and its been very healthy for us. Even on rough days, people join
       | standup and its like catching up with your friends after a long
       | day at work, except they all _get_ what you do and they can
       | constructively work together to "unstuck" whoever needs it.
       | 
       | If your scrum is about tickets and not about people, I think
       | you're missing the point of "keeping the team in sync".
        
       | hw wrote:
       | Standups are normally short, and meant to be short so people
       | don't ramble on and everyone can go back to their work. I hate
       | standups because it's mostly treated as an agile 'ceremony', and
       | that there are better ways to relieve blockers a.k.a
       | communication via Slack or Teams or other means.
       | 
       | Taking 30-60 minutes to do a Rally is, forgive me for being
       | skeptical, worse than a traditional standup in that it takes up
       | more time, and requires everyone to buy in to the idea and that
       | your team comprises of only extroverts - something that a
       | traditional standup already has a problem with.
        
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