Do your stand-ups sound something like this?

Joe Developer: I started on that script, worked on it for a while and then I switched over to that web app i’ve been working on for the last few days. I got blocked on that so I started up that template they’re waiting on.

Jane Developer: I worked on that UI component library but then got pulled into a fire drill about something the PM needed right then. Today I’m going to finish the fire drill item, work on a defect someone asked me if I could sneak in really quick (its only 1hr of work) and then I’ll get back to the UI component.

… [repeat, repeat, repeat]…

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