My seven person team completes a stand-up in less than 15 minutes twice a week. Does it provide value? Probably not. Is it fast? Yes.

My old job legitimately did 5 minute standups. A person saying they were struggling with something would often get interrupted by someone else volunteering to help them after standup. It was incredible. I miss it so much.

I’ve been on multiple teams that do and it’s so much better than the teams that don’t.

Ideal standup (cameras off):

• -2:00 - 0:00 mark: light chit chat if earlybirds want while waiting for standup to start

• 15s-45s / per person: what did you work on yesterday, what are you working on today.

  • An extra 45s if you have a blocker. The resolution during the meeting is always either:
    • ‘blocked, nothing I can do, moving onto X ticket’,
    • ‘someone tells me who to talk to to unblock’
    • ‘me and a team member agree to meet after the standup to discuss how to unblock’

• 0-2min total for offboard updates: who has a doctor’s appointment, needs to take time off, happy anniversary, etc.

I ran sub-ten-minute stand-ups for a while. If anyone ever went over one minute (LOOKING AT YOU, SOMNATH) I’d make a super annoying noise and cut them off.

I have 3/week and they rarely go above 10 🤷‍♂️ if we actually stayed on topic, it’d probably be closer to 5, but I don’t mind a little meandering

My last company was similar, but a bigger team and maybe 15-20min.

I’d love to. I used to be a very good software engineer, and I think deep down I might still be, but this place has taken all the joy I had in work. I’m not sure how I can get another job at this point where I can barely stomach the one I have.