Definition of the Daily Standup

“Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.” ~ Candice Bergen

Introduction

Standup is a thing we use to inform each other about blockers or impediments. We use this to share information and quickly intervene if someone needs / might need help. We excluded the Product Owners from the stand-up (for now).

Product Owners are allowed to communicate post-standup updates in the line of “I am demoing FEATURE to stakeholders” or other progress the product owners made.

Guidelines

• Standup is optional!

• There is no obligation of speaking at all, don’t say something just to say something.

• Information should be shared that is not be present on the whiteboard (I am going to shutdown the test environment for instance).

• Impediments should be discussed so people can help solve them.

• If you do mention what you are going to do, make sure the reason for that is to avoid people doing the same work as you are going to do. (Globally on feature or request level)