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Daily stand-up

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˌdeɪli ˈstænd ʌp/nounCore term

In project management, daily stand-up means: A very short daily team meeting, often 15 minutes, where each person shares progress, plans for the day and anything blocking their work.

In Turkish: günlük toplantı, günlük ayakta toplantı, daily

How it is used

Called the Daily Scrum in the Scrum Guide, but most teams just say stand-up or daily. People often stand so the meeting stays short. Detailed problem solving is moved to a separate conversation after it.

Example sentences

  1. At the daily stand-up, Can said the API changes were blocking his work.

  2. Our daily stand-up is at 9:30, so please don't book other meetings at that time.

Common collocations

  • daily stand-up
  • stand-up meeting
  • join the stand-up
  • run the stand-up
  • scrumA popular agile framework in which a small team delivers work in fixed cycles called sprints, with set roles such as product owner and scrum master and regular events like planning and reviews.
  • scrum masterIn Scrum, the person who helps the team and the organisation understand and use Scrum well, runs or supports the events and helps remove obstacles that slow the team down.
  • blockerSomething that completely stops a person or team from continuing their work until it is removed, such as a missing approval, access or decision.
  • sprintA short, fixed period, often two weeks and never longer than a month, in which a Scrum team completes an agreed set of work.

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