standups
Mic-and-spotlight performers
Standups are brief daily meetings where team members report progress and obstacles, typically while standing to keep the meeting short.
The format originated in agile software development: We cover blockers in our morning standup.
Separately, standups are standup comedy performances or the comedians who perform them: She's been doing standups at local clubs.
Limber and quick-moving
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- blockerSomething that obstructs
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
backlog · kanban · velocity · burndown · iteration · increment · timebox · ceremonies
Things that obstruct
- updatesNewly provided information
- prioritiesMost important things
- tasksUnits of work
- milestonesNotable points of progress
deadlines · accomplishments · goals · dependencies · deliverables · workload · capacity · commitments
Close protective gathering
- syncCoordinate timing or data
- briefingConcise information session
- check-inRegistering one's presence
- updateNew version or information
debrief · roundtable · recap · morning · status · agenda · facilitator · timekeeper
agile
Limber and quick-moving
retrospective · backlog · kanban · velocity · burndown · iteration · increment · timebox · ceremonies · poker
blockers
Things that obstruct
- updatesNewly provided information
- prioritiesMost important things
- tasksUnits of work
milestones · deadlines · accomplishments · goals · dependencies · deliverables · workload · capacity · commitments · tracking
huddle
Close protective gathering
update · debrief · roundtable · recap · morning · status · agenda · facilitator · timekeeper · minutes
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- remote workremote work, telework, remote job, telecommuting, remote worker
- Project Toolstask, task list, task manager, to-do list, to do
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- schedulingappointments, appointment, calendar, booking, bookings
- teamworkteamwork, co-op mode, collaborate, team games, assists
standupssketch comedy
Short comic performances
ensemble comedy · ensemble casts · comedy duos · double acts · character actors
standupsboard meetings
Formal executive group discussions
sitdowns · sit-downs · conferences · brainstorming sessions · town halls
- standup comedyLive solo humorous performance
- standup comicSolo stage humorist
- standup meetingBrief recurring team sync