How to Hold a Daily Stand-up Meeting | Video

IThe Daily Stand-up Meeting is a part of many Agile Project Management approaches. But in my experience, the idea pre-dates Agile.

I bet the pyramid builder gathered around the wineskin at the start of every day!

But, the two specific ways of conducting a morning stand up, which I talk about in this video, are from approached used by many modern Agile practitioners.

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Keep them short

For a small team, 15 minutes is plenty for a daily stand up.

Stand (of course). It helps with:

• Energy
• Pace

Two Styles of Morning Stand-up…

Round-robin (3 Questions) method

• Yesterday
• Today
• Blockers / Impediments
• Maybe with a token to show who’s on

Walking the Board Method

Where there’s a Kanban Board or similar

• Move from Right to Left
• Who owns it
• Blockers
• Support to shift them

Tips for your Daily Stand-up Meetings

• Detailed issues and side conversations parked and addressed afterward
• Flag if off-topic discussions – take them offline
• Adapt your process to refine it constantly

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