[lucisferre]

> Stand-ups are great but they have some major flaws: they're synchronous, everyone needs to be in the room (or on the phone), and often after the meeting much of the content is lost

That pretty much nails it. I'll admit though I hate standups. Any value it has as a concept is completely lost in its practice.

[chris_mahan]

We do standups several times per day, one on one with the people we need to talk to. It's called conversation.

[lucisferre]

Heh, no kidding.

Edit: Looks like this "conversation" idea may have jumped the shark too. Management consultants are already trying to horn in on this technique (http://www.amazon.ca/The-Art-Conversation-Neglected-Pleasure...). Pretty soon we'll need "conversation masters" and some sort of certification process.

[chris_mahan]

Homo Sapiens already has already mastered conversation.