Glossary
What does “Stand-up” mean?
A short daily team meeting, often fifteen minutes or less, where people say what they finished, what they will do next and what is blocking them.
What it means
A short daily team meeting, often fifteen minutes or less, where people say what they finished, what they will do next and what is blocking them. The name comes from holding it standing up to keep it short.
An example
“Finished the export; today the refund screen; blocked on the payments test account.” Eight people, twelve minutes.
Not to be confused with: Standing meeting
A stand-up is a type of short daily check-in; a standing meeting is any meeting that recurs on a schedule.
Where you will see it
In agile and Scrum teams (where it is called the daily scrum), software and operations teams, and many other teams that coordinate daily work.
Questions
How long should a stand-up be?
Fifteen minutes or less; detailed discussions are taken afterwards with only the people involved.
What is the daily scrum?
Scrum’s name for its fifteen-minute daily meeting of the development team.
What should not happen in a stand-up?
Problem solving, status reports for a manager, and long discussions between two people. Note them and take them straight after with only the people involved, so everyone else can get back to work.
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