We Cancelled Standups and Let The Team Build. Here's What Happened…
Team felt burned out by long, daily status update meetings masquerading as standups. Eliminating these faux standups got the team back on track.
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Engineering Team Management › Meetings > Standups: “Team felt burned out by long, daily status update meetings masquerading as standups. Eliminating these faux standups got the team back on track.”