How do I use Daily Standup for team updates?
Coordinate team activities with Daily Standup's consolidated view of everyone's work, progress, and blockers
Daily Standup provides a team-focused view of all workspace members' activities, making it easy to run productive standup meetings and stay coordinated on project progress. The dashboard organizes each team member's work into clear sections, showing what everyone has completed, what they're currently working on, and what's blocking their progress.
Accessing Daily Standup
Click "Daily Standup" in the left sidebar to access the team coordination dashboard. Daily Standup displays information for all members of your current workspace, providing a real-time overview of team activity and progress.
Managing workspace members
Daily Standup shows work for all members added to your workspace. To include team members in the Daily Standup view, add them to "Workspace members" under workspace settings. You can also use the "Add members" button at the bottom of the Daily Standup page to quickly invite additional team members.
Only users added as workspace members will appear in the Daily Standup feed. This ensures the view focuses on your core project team rather than showing every user with repository access.
Understanding team member summaries
Each team member appears as a summary card showing their key work information at a glance. The summary displays the issues they're working on, total story points assigned to them, any blocked issues, and issues that are blocking other team members' work.
These summary cards provide the essential information needed for quick standup check-ins without requiring you to dive into detailed task lists. You can see immediately who has heavy workloads, who's dealing with blockers, and who might be available for additional assignments.
Viewing detailed work breakdown
Click on any team member's summary to expand their full work breakdown. This detailed view shows their individual work organized into three sections, similar to the My Work interface:
Recently completed work
Shows what the team member has finished in the selected time frame, including closed issues and merged pull requests. This section helps track individual contributions and team velocity.
Working on
Displays all issues and pull requests currently assigned to the team member within the workspace. Items show story point estimates, labels, and pipeline status to give context about their current workload.
Blocked
Highlights issues that are preventing the team member's progress, including dependencies on other team members or external factors. This section helps identify coordination needs and bottlenecks affecting the team.
Customizing the standup experience
Daily Standup includes several options to tailor the view for your team's specific needs and meeting style.
Sorting team members
Use the sorting options to organize how team members appear in the standup:
- A to Z - Alphabetical order for consistent team member sequence
- Shuffle - Randomizes the order each day so the same person doesn't always go first
The shuffle option is particularly useful for avoiding the pattern where alphabetically first team members always start standup discussions.
Team feed time frame
Configure how far back Daily Standup looks when showing completed work. Options include:
- Every day (daily standup) - Shows yesterday's completed work
- Every week - Shows the past week's accomplishments
- Every two weeks - Shows two weeks of completed work
Choose the time frame that matches your team's standup cadence and reporting needs.
Pipeline filtering
Use the "All Pipelines" filter to specify which workflow stages should be considered active work. This customization ensures the standup view matches your team's definition of "in progress" work and reduces clutter from less relevant pipeline stages.
Using Today's Insights
The right panel displays "Today's Insights" providing key metrics and analysis for your standup meeting:
Sprint Progress
Shows current sprint status including issues completed, story points progress, and percentage completion. This gives immediate context about whether your team is on track for sprint goals.
Velocity
Displays average story points completed over recent sprints, helping you understand team capacity and predict future delivery. A downward trend might indicate capacity issues or scope creep.
Average days in cycle
Breaks down cycle time into development time and review time phases. Long review times compared to development time often indicate bottlenecks in the review process that merit standup discussion.
Anomalies and completion time
Highlights issues taking unusually long to complete, with specific examples and timeframes. This helps identify work that may need additional support or re-scoping during standup.
When there's insufficient recent activity, the panel shows "Your insights are coming!" with an explanation that metrics will appear once issues start moving through your workflow.
Running effective standup meetings
Use Daily Standup as the foundation for your team's regular coordination meetings. The organized presentation of each team member's work makes it easy to follow a consistent standup format where each person can quickly share their status.
Focus standup discussions on the blocked items and coordination needs highlighted in each team member's summary. The visual organization helps identify cross-team dependencies and bottlenecks that require group problem-solving.
The completed work sections provide concrete talking points for celebrating team progress and understanding delivery velocity. Use this information to assess whether the team is on track for sprint or milestone goals.
Troubleshooting Daily Standup issues
If team members aren't appearing in Daily Standup, verify they've been added as workspace members. Only users with explicit workspace membership will show up in the team feed, regardless of their repository access permissions.
If work isn't displaying correctly for team members, check that they're properly assigned to issues within the workspace. Daily Standup follows the same assignment rules as My Work, showing only explicitly assigned tasks.
For performance issues with Daily Standup loading slowly, especially with large teams, consider adjusting the time frame filter to reduce the amount of historical data being displayed.
FAQ
Q: Why don't I see all my team members in Daily Standup?
A: Only users added as workspace members appear in Daily Standup. Add team members through workspace settings or use the "Add members" button at the bottom of the page.
Q: Can I change how often Daily Standup shows completed work?
A: Yes, use the "Team feed time frame" setting to choose between daily, weekly, or bi-weekly views of completed work based on your team's standup schedule.
Q: What's the difference between A to Z and Shuffle sorting?
A: A to Z shows team members in alphabetical order consistently. Shuffle randomizes the order each day so different team members go first in standup meetings.
Q: Why are some team members' sections empty or greyed out?
A: Team members with no recent activity or assignments in the selected time frame will show empty or greyed out sections until they have relevant work to display.
Q: How do I see the detailed breakdown for a specific team member?
A: Click on any team member's summary card to expand their full work breakdown showing recently completed work, current assignments, and blocked items.
Q: What does the pipeline filter affect in Daily Standup?
A: The pipeline filter determines which workflow stages are considered "active work" for all team members, helping you focus on the most relevant items for standup discussions.