About the Standup Board template
Daily stand-ups are meant to be quick alignment meetings, but they can easily become unfocused and lengthy. The Standup Board template brings clarity and structure back to your daily check-ins. It provides a simple, visual framework in Miro's innovation workspace, giving your team a shared view of tasks, progress, and blockers, ensuring every stand-up is concise and effective.
How to use the Standup Board template
Add your tasks. Before the meeting, have team members populate the board with their key tasks for the current work Run focused daily stand-ups by visualizing your team's progress and blockers.. Use the cards to capture details like assignee, priority, and estimates.
Run your stand-up. Walk through the board as a team. Start with what was completed ("Yesterday"), discuss any "Blocked" items, and then align on the plan for "Today."
Update task status. As the day progresses, team members can move their cards across the board to reflect the current status of their work.
Customize your view. Use Miro's built-in features to group tasks by assignee for a clearer view of individual workloads, or switch to a timeline or table layout to see the project from a different perspective.
Why use the Standup Board template?
Keep stand-ups focused and brief. The visual layout helps your team get straight to the point, avoiding long discussions and keeping the meeting on track.
Increase transparency and alignment. With a single, shared view of all work, everyone on the team understands the priorities and can see who is working on what.
Surface blockers immediately. The dedicated "Blocked" column makes it impossible to ignore impediments, helping the team address them quickly and maintain momentum.
Enable asynchronous collaboration. For remote or hybrid teams, the board serves as a living document that anyone can check at any time to stay updated, even if they miss the meeting.
