Daily Standup meetings

Daily Stand-up Meetings

In an agile project, teams will start to form daily standup meetings to cover everybody on the progress they made during the day. Normally, they will have a board with sticky notes that denote which task have been needing to be don’t, currently being worked on, and finished. This will help show productivity on the project, and if they are on time delivering the product. In a stand-up meeting though, there are rules that need to be established so that they are efficient and following the guidelines.

First of all, a stand-up meeting is supposed to start early in the morning normally after the team has got settled into work. After that, the team will meet in the most comfortable place and conversate in a standing circle. The reason behind having everybody stand up is that nobody can get comfortable. This will lead the meeting to go over time. A standing meeting is designed to last only 15 minutes so you do not have a lot of time for each person in the team to talk. Each member will get a designated time talk and the three questions:

-         What did I do yesterday?

-         What am I doing today?

-         Are there any obstacles?

Those three questions make sure that the meeting is straight to the point and can see the progress from everyone. If they start sharing programming tips or going off topic, they there will be the scrum master to make sure the meeting does not go off topic.

Sitting off to the side will be the scrum master and the product owner. They will be there assessing the meeting. They will in no way, shape, or form be involved in leading the meeting. They are only there to answer questions that the team members have. Also, the scrum master is assessing group behavior. In the first couple of meetings, they will be starting the meetings and making sure that the team understands how the meetings work. After that, they will be monitoring how the group interact to see they are organized. If they a team is confident and covering the meetings quickly then that means they are well organized. If they are fidgety or nervous, those are indicators that they may not be organized and need guidance. The scrum master will then accordingly work with the team to get them back on track.

Standing meetings are a good way to track progression throughout a project. As the team meets up every morning, they will answer the three basic questions just to understand where each member is at in their project. Along with that, the scrum master and product owner will be there to answer any questions to make sure that the team is clear of the goals and meeting the needs of the project.

Bibliography

Rose, Doug. “Having Daily Stand-up Meetings.” Lynda.com - from LinkedIn, 29 Sept. 2015, www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Having-daily-stand-up-meetings/175075/437998-4.html.