Definition:
A daily team meeting, commonly at or near the start of the day, to coordinate efforts among team members.
Features:
Same time every day
Entire Team Attends
Limit to 15 minutes
Contents Vary:
Scrum Teams often report: What you accomplished Yesterday / What you will do today / What impediments do you have
Other teams focus on: What's left to finish the work in progress? Any blockers?
Take any other discussions: "off-line"
Some teams pass a "token", which serves the purpose of identifying the one person who is speaking.
Support Pillars:
Steps to Mastery:
Questioning : Doesn't see the value of standups. Regularly conducts long conversations during meetings.
Learning : Sees value in standups. Occasionally needs to be reminded about meeting format format.
Practicing : Makes an effort to keep their contributions within the meeting format.
Journeying : Consistently keeps their contributions within the meeting format.
Mastering : Helps keep meetings focused. Helps form mini-teams of concerned parties for offline discussions.
Contributing : Teaches or writes about solving complex standup meeting challenges.
Resources:
It's Not Just Standing Up: Patterns of Daily Stand-up Meetings, by Martin Fowler