How to run a daily standup
Fifteen minutes, every business day, five questions. A short daily reset so surprises don't stay hidden until move day.
How to run a daily standup
A daily standup is a 15-minute check-in, every business day until opening. It is not a formal project meeting — it’s a fast reset so problems surface while they’re still small.
The five questions
Run the same five every day:
- What changed since yesterday?
- What’s blocked?
- What must happen today?
- What decisions are needed?
- What needs escalation?
Why you care
In a compressed move, the difference between a calm opening and a chaotic one is usually how early problems become visible. A daily standup forces them into the open every single day, so nothing festers for a week and ambushes you on move day.
Two rules keep it useful:
- Keep it to today. Don’t let it drift into a project-history recap — focus on blockers, decisions, and next actions.
- Drive off one list. Run it from your Open-Item Tracker, sorted by what’s blocked, so the meeting updates a single source of truth instead of creating new threads.