# Do we need sprints, standups, and project management tools to work together?

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Content type: Question and answer
Published: 2025-10-25
Updated: 2025-10-25
Author: Rulian at Wonderful
Asked by: Rachel P.
Tags: Process

## Question

Do we need sprints, standups, and project management tools to work together?

## Answer

No.

I actually wrote a whole book called *The Project Management Manifesto* because I think a lot of people are using process where they don't need process. They're adding ceremony when what they really need is clarity.

## How We'll Work

We'll keep our work as simple as possible: break things down into stages, make small promises, and deliver those stages one at a time.

How we track that can be very simple — a list, a doc, a small board. How we communicate can be natural — messages when they matter, calls when they're needed. We don't need to complicate communication just to feel "organized."

The simpler the setup, the easier it is to see what's going on and keep moving.