[seanwilson]

> I also hate DSM when I'm on a long task because I just say the same thing everyday and feel like a slacker. At which point do you start to game the system and only pick short easy tasks ?

I've had that feeling too. You feel like dropping the long tricky important task you're doing to complete a couple of easy ones so you have something better sounding to say for the impending standup. A similar and much worse situation happens when you have to give client demos too often I find.

[garethrees]

If you have a long important task, then surely you can break it down into sub-tasks that take less than a day to implement? Not just for the sake of having something to say in the daily status meeting, but to be able to manage your own work and evaluate your progress? In my own work, I find that anything taking longer than a day benefits from my doing some planning and task breakdown.

[seanwilson]

If it's possible, sure, but you always get these problems you never predicted where you burn hours getting nowhere. I really meant a task that turns out to be unpredictably lengthy, annoying and tricky.