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Agile & Scrum

What is Daily Standup?

A Daily Standup is a short, time-boxed meeting, typically 15 minutes or less, where a team gathers to synchronize their activities for the day. Participants share what they accomplished yesterday, what they plan to do today, and whether any obstacles are preventing them from completing their tasks.

When to use it

Teams should use daily standups during active sprints or continuous delivery cycles to maintain alignment and momentum. It is specifically designed to solve the problem of information silos and late-stage discovery of blockers by forcing frequent, low-overhead communication.

Example

A SaaS development team building a new mobile integration holds their standup at 9:30 AM every morning. During the meeting, the lead engineer reports that the API authentication logic is complete, while a front-end developer mentions they are blocked because they don't have the final UI assets. By identifying this blocker immediately, the team shifts a designer's priority to provide the assets by noon, preventing a full day of wasted development time.

How Planet Roadmap helps with Daily Standup

Planet Roadmap includes a dedicated Sprint view and Kanban boards that teams can display during standups to visualize task movement and identify stalled items in real-time.

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FAQ

How is a daily standup different from a status update meeting?
While status meetings often focus on reporting to a manager, a standup is for the team to coordinate with each other; it focuses on immediate tactical adjustments and problem-solving rather than high-level project reporting.
What should we do if our standups consistently run over 15 minutes?
Move deep-dive technical discussions to a separate 'parking lot' session after the standup, ensuring only the people required for that specific problem stay behind while the rest of the team returns to work.

Related terms

SprintScrumKanbanProduct BacklogSprint PlanningSprint RetrospectiveVelocityBurndown ChartDefinition of Done

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