[HN Gopher] A new take on remote/hybrid standups ___________________________________________________________________ A new take on remote/hybrid standups Author : Ali_Jiwani Score : 18 points Date : 2021-02-23 21:13 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.rally.video) (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. | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-02-23 23:00 UTC)