Standups are useful for team members assessing their opportunities to collaborate.

Originates from the notion that the meeting needed to be uncomfortable to prevent distractions, this discussion seeks to align members on the collaboration needed to achieve top priorities.rS2 Management seeking for status updates corrupt its purpose and gets in the way. Not specifically for individual contributor teams.



  1. Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, The Scrum Guide: The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game, 2020, https://scrumguides.org/docs/scrumguide/v2020/2020-Scrum-Guide-US.pdf. (See notes.)