Standup Questions for Developers
Technical standup questions that help development teams share progress, blockers, and technical insights effectively
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Core Development Standup Questions
What did you code yesterday?
Focus on specific features, bug fixes, or technical improvements completed.
What are you coding today?
Share your current focus, planned commits, or features you are starting.
what is blocking your development?
Identify technical dependencies, environment issues, or knowledge gaps.
Technical Progress Questions
Code & Features
- • What features did you complete?
- • What bugs did you fix?
- • How many commits did you make?
- • What code reviews did you complete?
- • What refactoring did you do?
Testing & Quality
- • What tests did you write or update?
- • What testing did you complete?
- • Are there any failing tests?
- • What code quality improvements did you make?
- • What security issues did you address?
Deployment & Infrastructure Questions
Deployment & Releases
- • What did you deploy yesterday?
- • what is planned for deployment today?
- • Are there any deployment blockers?
- • How did the last release go?
- • What rollback procedures were needed?
Infrastructure & DevOps
- • What infrastructure changes did you make?
- • Are there any environment issues?
- • What monitoring or alerting did you set up?
- • What CI/CD pipeline improvements did you make?
- • Are there any performance optimizations?
Dependencies & Integrations
- • What third-party integrations did you work on?
- • Are there any API changes or updates?
- • What database changes did you make?
- • Are there any dependency updates or security patches?
- • What external service issues did you encounter?
Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
Team Collaboration
- • What pair programming did you do?
- • What code reviews did you participate in?
- • What knowledge sharing did you do?
- • What mentoring or help did you provide?
- • What technical discussions did you have?
Learning & Development
- • What new technologies did you learn?
- • What documentation did you write or update?
- • What technical debt did you address?
- • What best practices did you implement?
- • What tools or processes did you improve?
Common Developer Blockers
Technical Blockers
- • Environment setup issues
- • Missing dependencies or libraries
- • API rate limits or downtime
- • Database connection problems
- • Build or compilation errors
Knowledge Blockers
- • Unclear requirements or specifications
- • Missing technical documentation
- • Complex legacy code to understand
- • New technology or framework learning
- • Architecture or design decisions needed
Process Blockers
- • Waiting for code reviews
- • Delayed feedback from stakeholders
- • Testing environment unavailable
- • Deployment pipeline issues
- • Access or permission problems
How Scrumrobo Helps Development Teams
Technical Progress Tracking
Track code commits, feature completion, bug fixes, and technical improvements in a structured, searchable format.
Blocker Visibility
Identify and escalate technical blockers quickly, ensuring faster resolution and better team coordination.
Integration with Dev Tools
Connect with GitHub, Jira, and other development tools to automatically track progress and link commits to features.
Technical Retrospectives
Run retrospectives focused on code quality, technical debt, process improvements, and team collaboration.
Best Practices for Developer Standups
- Be specific about code changes. Mention specific files, functions, or features you worked on.
- Include technical details. Share relevant technical information that helps the team understand your work.
- Mention testing and quality. Discuss what testing you did and any quality improvements made.
- Be honest about blockers. do not hesitate to ask for help with technical challenges.
- Share knowledge and insights. Mention interesting technical discoveries or solutions you found.
- Link to relevant resources. Include links to PRs, commits, documentation, or external resources when relevant.
- Focus on value delivered. Emphasize what value your work brings to users or the business.
Sample Developer Standup Template
Yesterday:
- • Completed user authentication feature (3 commits)
- • Fixed bug in payment processing (PR #123)
- • Wrote unit tests for new API endpoints
- • Reviewed and merged 2 PRs from team members
Today:
- • Working on user profile management feature
- • Planning to refactor database queries for performance
- • Need to update API documentation
Blockers:
- • Waiting for design mockups for profile page
- • Need clarification on user data requirements
- • Staging environment is down, cannot test deployment
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