Create a team stand-up summary tool

Here’s a detailed concept and a simple implementation of a Team Stand-Up Summary Tool that you can use or expand for daily scrum or stand-up meetings. It collects individual updates and automatically summarizes key points.

Concept

A Team Stand-Up Summary Tool helps to:

• Collect daily updates from each team member.

• Track what they did yesterday, what they plan today, and blockers.

• Summarize the collective progress.

• Highlight blockers or urgent issues for the team or manager.

• Save or export the summary for future reference.

Basic Features

1. Input fields per team member:

   • Yesterday’s work

   • Today’s plan

   • Blockers

2. Automated summary generation:

   • Aggregate all updates.

   • Highlight blockers.

   • Provide a concise daily summary.

3. Optionally, save summaries for historical reference.

Sample Implementation (Python Script)

python
CopyEdit
class StandUpSummaryTool:
    def __init__(self):
        self.updates = []

    def add_update(self, member_name, yesterday, today, blockers):
        update = {
            'member': member_name,
            'yesterday': yesterday,
            'today': today,
            'blockers': blockers
        }
        self.updates.append(update)

    def generate_summary(self):
        summary = []
        summary.append("Daily Stand-Up Summary:n")
        for update in self.updates:
            summary.append(f"{update['member']}:n")
            summary.append(f"  Yesterday: {update['yesterday']}n")
            summary.append(f"  Today: {update['today']}n")
            if update['blockers']:
                summary.append(f"  Blockers: {update['blockers']}n")
            else:
                summary.append("  Blockers: Nonen")
            summary.append("n")

        # Extract blockers across team
        blockers_list = [u for u in self.updates if u['blockers']]
        if blockers_list:
            summary.append("Blockers Summary:n")
            for b in blockers_list:
                summary.append(f"- {b['member']}: {b['blockers']}n")
        else:
            summary.append("No blockers reported today.n")

        return "".join(summary)


# Example usage:
if __name__ == "__main__":
    tool = StandUpSummaryTool()
    tool.add_update("Alice", "Fixed bug #123", "Work on feature A", "")
    tool.add_update("Bob", "Reviewed PR #456", "Write tests for module B", "Waiting for design specs")
    tool.add_update("Carol", "Deployed release 1.2", "Start sprint planning", "")

    print(tool.generate_summary())

Output Example

yaml
CopyEdit
Daily Stand-Up Summary:

Alice:
  Yesterday: Fixed bug #123
  Today: Work on feature A
  Blockers: None

Bob:
  Yesterday: Reviewed PR #456
  Today: Write tests for module B
  Blockers: Waiting for design specs

Carol:
  Yesterday: Deployed release 1.2
  Today: Start sprint planning
  Blockers: None

Blockers Summary:
- Bob: Waiting for design specs

How to Expand

• Build a web or mobile app with forms for easier input.

• Store updates in a database with timestamps.

• Send automated email or Slack summary messages.

• Add analytics on blockers or progress trends.

• Integrate with project management tools like Jira or Trello.

If you want, I can help build a web-based version or a Slack bot for this too!