The Standup That Could Have Been an Async Update

# The Standup That Could Have Been an Async Update

The daily standup: 15 minutes × 5 people × 5 days = 6+ person-hours per week. For information that could have been shared in a two-minute written update.

Replace the daily standup with written daily updates, on-demand sync when real-time communication is needed, and a weekly sync for bigger-picture discussion.

Large teams with complex interdependencies, teams with unreliable async communication, teams that value the social ritual, and remote teams struggling with isolation may still benefit.

The question isn't "are standups bad?" It's "are standups earning their cost for your specific team?"

Question every recurring meeting: What problem does this solve? Does that problem still exist? Is there a lighter-weight solution?