The Repeater
Updating Engineering, then Design, then Leadership with the exact same status update, three times a day.
Status Chasing
Starting your morning by pinging 5 different people across 3 time zones just to know if a ticket moved.
Context Syncs
Meetings that exist solely to transfer information that could have been read, but wasn't written down.
Lost Decisions
"Wait, did we agree to cut scope?" Decisions made in a meeting evaporate when the Zoom call ends.
Stop being the router
StandIn preserves connective tissue without you being in the middle.
Agreed with Engineering Lead to cut "Dark Mode" from v1 scope to hit the Nov 1st deadline.
You declare the state once.
Instead of repeating yourself in DMs, you create a Project Wrap. This becomes the source of truth. StandIn serves this context to anyone who asks, 24/7.
The team answers themselves.
When Design in London wakes up and asks "Is Dark Mode still in?", StandIn answers them instantly using your wrap. You don't wake up to 15 notifications.
What PMs Gain
Fewer Syncs
Replace the "daily standup" with a queryable status log. Reserve meeting time for actual strategy.
Predictable Mornings
Wake up to work done, not questions waiting. Your context traveled while you slept.
Clearer Accountability
Because Wraps are explicit declarations, it's clear who owns the ball at the end of every day.
Less Context Chasing
Stop being the librarian. Point people to the Project Rep for status, links, and decisions.
What you cannot do
StandIn is designed to protect team autonomy, not increase micromanagement.
Inspect Individual Activity
You cannot use StandIn to see who is "active" or check online status.
Override Published State
You cannot edit someone else's wrap. If they said they are blocked, they are blocked.
Force Answers
If the data isn't in a wrap or linked ticket, StandIn will simply say "I don't know."
A Note on Management
"This is not a reporting tool or a management dashboard. It is a continuity tool for the team, not a surveillance tool for the manager."