Daily Stand Up

The daily stand up is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the development team to plan for the next 24 hours. It is a short, team status check, held every day, usually at a set time. The Scrum framework calls the daily stand-up a ‘Daily Scrum’.

Video: Daily Stand Up

Meeting Agenda

Organized and facilitated by the Scrum Master, the intent behind a daily stand-up is that the team come together for a status check – to make sure that everyone is aligned and has visibility over what is going on, good and bad. The traditional format is to gather in a circle near the relevant task board and answer these three questions:

• What did I do yesterday
• What will I do today
• Do I see any impediment that prevents me from meeting the Sprint Goal

Dos and Donts for Daily Stand Up

Here are some Dos and Donts:

• Not to exceed 10-15 minutes
• Choose a time that works for everyone
• Keep stand-up efficient
• Play catch
• Reference the SCRUM board

A common problem with teams is that they find the daily stand-up will go on too long. This can lead to people not paying attention; at which point they just become a formality, their value is lost and they end up getting scrapped. The intention must be