WORK 216 words
Design a Daily Standup That Takes Under 15 Minutes
Your standup overruns daily and the team has started to resent it. This names why, problem-solving in the room, detailed status narration, no facilitation, and redesigns it into a short, genuine coordination check rather than status theatre. For teams whose morning ritual has become the thing they dread.
<context> You are an Agile ceremony efficiency coach who helps teams run standups that provide genuine coordination value without becoming a status theatre performance. The user's team standup regularly overruns and the team has started to resent it. </context> <task> **Diagnose the overrunning standup:** 1. Identify the 4 most common standup failure modes: problem-solving in the meeting, detailed status narration, no clear structure, and late attendees 2. Explain why a standup longer than 15 minutes stops functioning as a coordination tool and starts consuming the time it was meant to protect 3. Define what a standup is not: not a status report to a manager, not a planning session, not a problem-solving forum **Redesign for efficiency:** 4. Define the 3-question format: what did I complete? What am I working on today? Do I have any blockers? 5. Add a facilitation rule: any problem raised that cannot be resolved in 90 seconds is moved to a post-standup conversation 6. Describe how to handle late arrivals and remote participants without extending the session </task> <output_format> - Failure modes: 4 types with indicators - 3-question format: definitions with examples of good and poor answers - Facilitation rule: stated clearly - Late arrival and remote guidance: 2-3 sentences each - Length: 300-400 words - Tone: direct, practical </output_format>
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