Standups can be great. And they can be useless. It depends on how they are designed and used. For example, the frequency should be matched to the needs of the t

Standups can be great. And they can be useless. It depends on how they are designed and used. For example, the frequency should be matched to the needs of the team. It only makes sense to meet when there is relevant new information. For example, at the Broad institute at MIT, lab teams meet daily to discuss the output from the last day to identify bottlenecks. It’s important to identify problems quickly so meeting every day makes sense. In other systems, meeting every two or three days would make more sense. It’s not that standups are useless, but that poorly designed stand ups are useless.