Remote-friendly standup ideas for your team

Tired of having the same old Zoom call every day?

Use these fun and creative standup formats to mix things up and learn more about your team and work.

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  • One person missing

    One person leaves standup and the rest of the team has to piece it all back together for them.

    • Communication
    • Team bonding
  • Where did everyone go?

    Almost everyone leaves standup and one person has to look at the board to tell everyone else what's happening

    • Communication
    • Team bonding
  • Update a team mate

    Get your whole team feeling involved by having each person update another

    • Team bonding
    • Communication
  • Give someone else's update

    Each team member tries to give an update for the next person

    • Team bonding
    • Communication
  • One thing only

    Each team member only talks about the single most important thing they want to tell people

    • Focus
  • Zoom way out

    Make sure your team gets the big picture by talking about your overall progress

    • Communication
    • New view
  • Zoom way in

    Shuffle the cards on your team wall. Select one randomly and only talk about that one card as a team

    • Focus
    • New view
  • Yesterday, today, blockers

    Each person lists what they did yesterday, what they'll do today and what is in their way

    • Classic
  • Forget about the past

    This is the same format as “Yesterday, today, blockers”, except the team members do not update the rest of the team on what they’ve already completed

    • Focus
    • Classic
  • What’s in the way?

    Only mention things that are stopping you from getting your work done

    • Classic
  • Walk the wall

    Talk through the work currently in progress, one item at a time

    • Classic
  • Today I learned

    Take turns each sharing one thing you’ve learned since the last standup

    • Team bonding
  • How are you today?

    Take turns giving personal updates (no work!)

    • Team bonding
  • Show me the numbers!

    Take a look at your team's key product metrics (graphs, totals etc.)

    • New view
  • Draw your update

    Each team member draws what they're working on in JS Paint and the others guess what it is.

    • Team bonding
  • Use 10 words or less

    Give your update but don't use more than 10 words.

    • Communication
    • Focus
  • Last three commits

    Read your last three commit messages to the rest of the team.

    • Team bonding
    • New view
  • Guess who gave the update

    Each team member submits their updates ahead of time. In standup, everyone else has to guess who gave which update.

    • Team bonding
    • New view
  • Share one thing you learnt since last week

    Think of something you didn't know this time last week and that you know today.

    • Team bonding
    • Communication
  • The last song you listened to before standup

    Tell the others which song you listened to last. Maybe even play it for them briefly, if they don't know it!

    • Team bonding
  • Song of the Daily battle

    Organize a Song Battle where two members of the team provide candidates to the Song of the Daily and the rest of the team vote which one is the 'best'

    • Team bonding
  • No standup!

    Try not having standup at all. Give your team some time to unwind. Do the right conversations still happen?

    • Communication
  • Where does your update go?

    Place your updates on sticky notes and group them on a real or virtual whiteboard

    • Communication
    • New view
  • Shakespearean Standup

    Write a poem about the things you did yesterday, you are going to do today and your blockers.

    • Communication
    • Team bonding
  • Hopes and fears

    Share what your hope for today is. Share your biggest concern.

    • Team bonding
    • Reflective
  • My high and my low

    What was the highest and lowest point in the past day for you?

    • Communication
    • Reflective
  • Today I'm thankful

    Share one thing you're thankful for today

    • Reflective
  • Role Play - give your update in a team mate's voice

    Each team mate get to wear the shoes of the other team mate and give their update like how the team mate would do it

    • Team bonding
    • New view
    • Reflective
  • One extra thing

    In a twist on the classic standup, you finish by sharing a personal, theme-based thing with the team.

    • Team bonding
    • Communication