When I was put in charge of a new team for a new project at my previous company, we did the most agile thing there is.
We got together and asked ourselves (all of us having previously been on teams that had daily standups): "So, what do you all think, is the daily standup worth it? No? Alright, let's try without it."
It worked great. We ended up doing a quick meetings 1-2 times a week to sync-up and get the idea of where we are. Any blockers would be brought up informally (through Slack or in-person). We all knew each other well, so trust was high to begin with. Also, it was a relatively small team of 5 people.
I guess the point is that "having daily standups" is not agile. Regularly asking yourselves if they are or would be useful (whatever the answer may be) is.
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When I was put in charge of a new team for a new project at my previous company, we did the most agile thing there is. We got together and asked ourselves (all of us having previously been on teams that had daily standups): "So, what do you all think, is the daily standup worth it? No? Alright, let's try without it."
It worked great. We ended up doing a quick meetings 1-2 times a week to sync-up and get the idea of where we are. Any blockers would be brought up informally (through Slack or in-person). We all knew each other well, so trust was high to begin with. Also, it was a relatively small team of 5 people.
I guess the point is that "having daily standups" is not agile. Regularly asking yourselves if they are or would be useful (whatever the answer may be) is.