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Stand-up meeting

Meaning in business english, with examples

/ˈstændʌp ˌmiːtɪŋ/nounCommon term

In business english, stand-up meeting means: A very short daily team meeting, often about 15 minutes, where each person says what they did, what they will do next and what is blocking them.

In Turkish: günlük kısa toplantı, ayakta toplantı, stand-up

How it is used

It comes from agile software teams but is now used widely; people usually just say 'stand-up' or 'daily'. Participants originally stood to keep it short. Detailed problems are discussed after the meeting with the people involved.

Example sentences

  1. Our stand-up meeting starts at 9:30, so please be on time.

  2. Let's not try to fix the bug in the stand-up meeting; we'll take it offline.

Common collocations

  • daily stand-up meeting
  • morning stand-up
  • in the stand-up
  • skip the stand-up
  • syncA short, informal meeting or call to share updates and make sure people working on the same thing are coordinated. Also used as a verb.
  • take it offlineTo continue a discussion later, outside the current meeting and usually only with the people it concerns, so that the meeting can move on.
  • status updateA short report, often by email or in a meeting, that tells others how a project or task is progressing and what has changed.
  • action itemA specific task agreed in a meeting, with one person responsible for it and usually a due date.

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