Even in the most vigilant Agile/Scrum teams, there are times when the meetings consume more time than intended. The most complained about meeting in this regard is the stand-up. The stand-up is a daily meeting where the entirety of the team meets, before starting their day, to talk about what they did, what they are going to do and what is blocking them, if anything. As per Scrum guidelines, for normal-sized Agile teams, the suggested duration of this meeting is about 10 minutes and no one should speak longer than a minute. In other words, this meeting should not take more than 10 minutes of your day's time. Hence the "standing up," so the attendees realize the time being spent physically, causes minor discomfort and that drives them to close the meeting sooner. Yet people often pitch in to help solve problems stated, interrupt others to suggest re-prioritizing their stories, and express their thoughts on others' work. This is not always a bad thing; at times this quickly identifies so...


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