The daily stand-up meeting: A grounded theory study

Viktoria Stray, Dag I.K. Sjøberg, Tore Dybå
2016 Journal of Systems and Software  
Context: The daily stand-up meeting is one of the most used agile practices but has rarely been the subject of empirical research. Aim: The present study aims to identify how daily stand-up meetings are conducted and what the attitudes towards them are. Method: A grounded theory study of the daily stand-up meeting was conducted with twelve software teams in three companies in Malaysia, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom. We interviewed 60 people, observed 79 daily stand-up meetings and
more » ... ted supplementary data. Results: The factors that contributed the most to a positive attitude towards the daily stand-up meeting were information sharing with the team and the opportunity to discuss and solve problems. The factors that contributed the most to a negative attitude were status reporting to the manager and spending too much time; both the frequency and duration of the meeting were perceived to be too much. Based on our results, we developed a grounded theory of daily stand-up meetings and proposed evidencebased guidelines on how to organize them. Conclusion: Organizations should be aware of the factors that may affect attitude towards daily stand-up meetings and should consider our proposed guidelines to improve the way the meetings are conducted.
doi:10.1016/j.jss.2016.01.004 fatcat:24sdjwch4nf4nhjeuwdi7xfqwy