---
title: "Why your daily stand-ups don't work and how to fix them"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-daily-stand-ups-don-t-work-and-how-to-fix-them-az-vyieui
source_url: https://lucasfcosta.com/2022/08/07/how-to-improve-daily-standups.html
type: article
source: "Changelog"
published: 2022-08-09T14:22:59.377Z
updated: 2022-08-09T14:22:59.376Z
tags: ["agile", "productivity", "scrum", "project-management"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Why your daily stand-ups don't work and how to fix them

**[Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/changelog)** · 11 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Software industry has been doing daily stand-ups for so long that it doesn’t remember why they exist. We turned our means into a pointless dogma. We did it because it’s easier to blindly follow a set of rules than to understand the principles behind them and tune them to your goal. Here, I’ll explain why each recommendation usually works and their caveats.

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**@kkurko** · 0 upvotes

> Must read for everyone who have daily stand-ups

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Tags: [#agile](https://daily.dev/tags/agile), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#scrum](https://daily.dev/tags/scrum), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management)

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