Daily Stand-up Meetings in an Agile Process

Daily stand-up meetings

The daily stand-up meeting is one of the most commonly used techniques from the broad spectrum of Agile. During the stand-up, the day-to-day progress of the project is discussed with the team. That way, everyone is informed of what everyone is working on. It’s therefore easy to determine whether someone needs help.

A stand-up meeting takes 10–15 minutes, and the whole team participates. During the stand-up, everyone gets their turn. That way, the daily meeting’s overhead is limited. During a stand-up, everyone can actually stand to avoid getting comfortable in a chair as the meeting drags on and on.

Design of the daily stand-up meeting

The daily stand-up is specifically designed so everyone can be aware of what everyone is working on. The stand-up is there to avoid the traditional weekly progress meeting, which generally takes too long and in which many decisions are taken behind closed doors before being shared with the team. Stand-up meetings provide transparency.

The procedure of a stand-up meeting is simple. Everyone on the team answers the following questions, ...