[flosstop]

I see the early stand-up in a different way. I don't derive anything other than interruption and inconvenience from a stand-up so I'd rather get it out of the way first thing then I can get on with my work for the rest of the day without interruption.

[Silhouette]

One problem with daily meetings is that the two of you are making reasonable and yet incompatible arguments here. You can't have a meeting at the same time every day that is both conveniently out of the way for those who want large blocks of time free for real work and conveniently in the middle of likely working times for those who prefer flexibility.

Personally I think the solution to this is obvious and apparently so do many others here. Daily standups within a mostly stable and well-functioning team are almost always redundant at best and actively disruptive at worst. So don't have daily standups. Instead work on a culture where people communicate freely whenever they need to and you bring people together for larger and longer meetings when (and only when) you have a specific reason for that.

[schlowmo]

You're right and I agree with your proposed solution. Having no (useless) dailies at all is even better than having them midday. But I'm fighting an uphill battle here, especially as freelancer.

I'm always a bit amused when Product Owners are suprised that there's nothing to clarify at a daily since the team is constantly transparent towards each other about blockers etc.

[hnfong]

It can be done before lunch time