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Ask Slashdot: Are Daily Stand-Up Meetings More Productive?

Posted by Soulskill on from the leveling-up-your-agility dept.

__roo writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that an increasing number of companies are replacing traditional meetings with daily stand-ups. The article points out that stand-up meetings date back to at least World War I, and that in some place, late employees 'sometimes must sing a song like "I'm a Little Teapot," do a lap around the office building or pay a small fine.' Do Slashdot readers feel that stand-up meetings are useful? Do they make a difference? Are they a gimmick?"

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  1. Re:Curious by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, yeah, Agile. I was taught by a guy who was a certified SCRUM master and he informed us all about the joy of agile development.

    He shit his pants when I called him on Dijkstra's algorithm and he didn't know, so I had to go to the whiteboard and draw it out to the class because he couldn't.

    It was a software engineering class, and I was the only one who turned in an actual project, and not some Microsoft Paint mockup.