Stand Up Meetings

Definition:
     A daily team meeting, commonly at or near the start of the day, to coordinate efforts among team members.

Features:
  • Same time every day
  • Entire Team Attends
  • Limit to 15 minutes
  • Contents Vary:
Scrum Teams often report: What you accomplished Yesterday / What you will do today / What impediments do you have
Other teams focus on: What's left to finish the work in progress?  Any blockers?
  • Take any other discussions: "off-line"
  • Some teams pass a "token", which serves the purpose of identifying the one person who is speaking.
Support Pillars:
    Collaboration

Steps to Mastery:
  • Questioning : Doesn't see the value of standups. Regularly conducts long conversations during meetings.
  • Learning : Sees value in standups. Occasionally needs to be reminded about meeting format format.
  • Practicing : Makes an effort to keep their contributions within the meeting format. 
  • Journeying : Consistently keeps their contributions within the meeting format.
  • Mastering : Helps keep meetings focused. Helps form mini-teams of concerned parties for offline discussions.
  • Contributing : Teaches or writes about solving complex standup meeting challenges.

Resources:
    It's Not Just Standing Up: Patterns of Daily Stand-up Meetings, by Martin Fowler