Daily stand-up purpose

Daily Scrum explained

Daily stand-up, daily Scrum, Daily, stand-up for Agile teams

Anca Onuta
3 min readJun 4, 2020

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What is the Daily Scrum?

“The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team to synchronize activities and create a plan for the next 24 hours.” Source: Scrum.org

What is the Daily Stand-up?

“A stand-up meeting (or simply “stand-up”) is a meeting in which attendees typically participate while standing. The discomfort of standing for long periods is intended to keep the meetings short.” Source: Wikipedia

Alternative terms you will find:

  • daily stand-up
  • DSU
  • daily
  • stand-up
  • daily Scrum
  • daily stand-up meeting

So, what’s the “daily” for my Agile team?

Leaving the fancy terminology apart, it is the moment of the team to come together as a team, review the sprint goals, and realign together.

What’s the goal of the daily Scrum?

  • Reiterate the sprint goal
  • Check if you have any…

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Anca Onuta

🚀 Fractional COO 🎯 Vision to Action📍Lille, France