id: daily-stand-up
title: Daily Stand-Up
description: >-
  A short daily team sync in which each member states what they did, what
  they will do, and what is blocking them. Originating in Scrum and Agile
  software development, derived partly from Toyota's morning meetings
  (chorei).
source: Scrum Guide / Agile Alliance
source_url: https://www.agilealliance.org/
tags: [agile, standup, teams, sync]
forked_from: null
image: null
steps:
  - headline: Gather standing
    description: >-
      The team gathers standing, at the same time and place each day, around
      the team's visible work board. Standing signals brevity.
  - headline: Each person reports
    description: >-
      Each member states three things: what I did since last stand-up, what
      I will do by next stand-up, and what is blocking me.
  - headline: Park discussions
    description: >-
      Any topic requiring more than a minute is "parked" for a separate
      conversation after the stand-up, with those involved.
  - headline: Confirm blockers
    description: >-
      The facilitator confirms who will address each blocker and by when,
      and the stand-up closes.
outcome: >-
  The team synchronises daily on progress and impediments in under fifteen
  minutes, with blockers surfaced and owned.
practice: >-
  Keep it under fifteen minutes. The stand-up is not problem-solving —
  park everything that is not a status report. Face each other, not the
  manager.