Daily standups are useful until they become a calendar tax. Here are five ways teams stay aligned without another video call.
- Board-first updates: everyone moves their cards before 10am. The board is the standup.
- Async check-ins: a single thread per day with three bullets: done, doing, blocked.
- Blocker-only meetings: skip the round-robin; meet only when someone flags a blocker.
- Weekly rhythm: replace daily standups with a weekly review and a clear board.
- Automation: overdue tasks post to a channel so the team reacts instead of reports.
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