The Death of the Status Update: Why Weekly Reports Beat Daily Standups

The daily standup was invented to solve a problem: managers needed visibility into what their team was doing. But visibility doesn't require a daily meeting. It requires a good information system. The status update meeting is a relic. Here's why, and what to replace it with. The Problem with Daily Standups Daily standups assume that a manager needs to know, every day, what every team member is working on. This was true when work was opaque and communication was slow. It's less true...