Daily Standup Agenda

A 15-minute reset, every business day until opening. Not a formal project meeting — a fast, same-time, same-questions check-in that keeps surprises from hiding for a week and ambushing you on move day.

What it’s for

In a compressed move, a calm opening comes down to one thing: problems becoming visible early. A daily standup forces them into the open every single day. Most days it takes ten minutes and nothing’s on fire — that’s the point.

How to use it

1. Same time, every business day. Short and predictable.
2. Run it off your Open-Item Tracker, sorted by what’s blocked.
3. Keep it to today. Don’t let it drift into a project-history recap.
4. End with owners. Every blocker leaves the meeting with a name and a next action.

The agenda

Five questions, in order:

1. What changed since yesterday?
2. What’s blocked?
3. What must happen today?
4. What decisions are needed?
5. What needs escalation?

Tips

• Blocked and decisions are the heartbeat. Those two questions are where openings are saved or lost — spend your time there.
• Decisions go to the log; escalations go to the weekly update.
• Don’t cancel it. The quiet days are what make the loud ones manageable.

Deeper how-to: How to run a daily standup. Full workstream: Project Control.