The Daily Standup
Week 6 · Late editionNo. 1Weather: cloud, mostly of the private kind
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Printed on recycled standups. No engineers were harmed, only tired.
Set out a plan in good faith. Then apply the things that actually happen to plans, and watch the date move gently, inexorably, to the right.
Progress is saved in this browser and nothing leaves it.
Save the Launch — a campaign in ten projects
You run delivery. Every week brings a crisis with three ways out, none of them clean. Ship before the money, the morale or the goodwill runs dry, and the next project is yours — whether you want it or not.
Levels
How it works
One crisis a week. Three responses, trade-offs shown up front. Choose, and the week runs: the team does work, payroll leaves the building.
One recovery a week, if you want it. Cut scope, hire, protect focus, pay down debt, push overtime or move the date. Each has a price.
Ship to unlock the next level. Stars for shipping, shipping on time and under budget with a team still speaking to you.
Lose when the money, morale or stakeholder support hits zero, or the weeks run out.
Week 1 of 6
Recovery — one per week, before you answer
No. 1Weather: cloud, mostly of the private kind
Printed on recycled standups. No engineers were harmed, only tired.
The state of things
What happened
The verdict
The damage
The brief
Reality — apply as required
Recovery — applied immediately, undoable
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