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Daily Stand-up Meetings
2:20This is a brief check-in meeting designed to give each member a small period of time to get the other members up-to-date on current progress, next tasks, and issues impeding progress.
Every day, the whole team participates
in a quick check in meeting.
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This meeting is most often called
a standup meeting, or simply a standup.
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This is because teams often hold
the meeting while literally standing up.
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Standing for this meeting
encourages teams to be brief and
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stick to the time box,
which is typically 15 minutes or less.
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Development team members are required
at the daily standups, and
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the scrum master and
product owner usually attend as well.
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The group should be small enough
to comfortably stand in a circle.
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The check-in involves reporting the
answers to three questions, what did you
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do yesterday, what do you plan to do today
and what obstacles are slowing you down.
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To keep meetings quick and efficient, team
members take shared responsibility for
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the standup.
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The meetings start on time with whomever
is present and proceed without waiting for
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a facilitator.
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An important mechanism for
keeping stand ups brief is the side bar.
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Frequently, something comes
up that requires two or
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more of the team members
to have a conversation.
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This is normal and expected.
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It's one of the reasons teams make
the effort to check in like this,
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to keep everyone on the same page and
to allow for collaboration.
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In order to keep standup
meetings moving quickly and
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efficiently, longer conversations
should be moved to the sidebar.
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The sidebar is a place to hold topics
that require follow-up conversation.
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When a topic comes up during standup
that requires two or more team members'
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attention, it helps to make a note on
a whiteboard or to post a sticky note
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on a wall so it's not forgotten and people
can follow up after the standup meeting.
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There's usually space reserved by
the team for just this purpose.
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The sidebar also allows smaller groups or
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one on one conversation, to break out and
not occupy the time of every team member.
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Many teams come up with
a recognized signal for
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the sidebar, a way that any team
member can politely interrupt, and
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suggest that a conversation should
be deferred, to the sidebar.
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This can be as simple as raising a hand.
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Personally, I like the sidebar high-five.
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When a team member recognizes
the need to sidebar an item,
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they can point it out in a friendly
way by offering up a high-five.
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The sidebar high-five is a great
way to express support for
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the conversation while
redirecting it to the sidebar.
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