The Daily Stand-up is often perceived as a mere status ritual. However, for a Lead Developer, it is the most powerful steering tool to identify technical bottlenecks and maintain team velocity without micro-management.

1. Beyond the Three Questions: "Walk the Board"

Instead of letting each developer recite their list, try the "Walk the Board" approach. Go through the tickets on the Kanban board from right to left (from closest to completion to the start):

• Focus on Delivery: What is needed to finish this ticket today?
• Anomalies Detection: Why has this ticket been "In Progress" for 4 days?
• WIP Reduction (Work In Progress): Encourage the team to finish started tasks before opening new ones.

2. The Lead's Role: Unblocking, Not Deciding

Your mission during these 15 minutes is surgical:

• Identify "Rabbit Holes": If a technical discussion gets too deep, stop it. Set a "Parking Lot" or an "After-party" right after the daily for only the concerned people.
• Anticipate Code Conflicts: If two developers are working on the same Symfony service or Sylius entity, flag it immediately to avoid painful merge conflicts.

3. Daily and Technical Quality

Use the daily to take the pulse of your codebase's health:

• A failing CI (Continuous Integration) is a high-priority daily topic.
• A blockage on a Doctrine migration or a Composer dependency must be resolved collectively so as not to paralyze the team.

4. Keeping Energy High

For an effective daily:

• Stand up (or camera ON): Body language fosters engagement.
• Fixed Time: No exceptions, the daily starts on time, even if people are missing.
• No reporting to the manager: The daily is by and for the developers.

As a Lead, your success is measured by your ability to transform these 15 minutes into a moment where the team feels supported and capable of moving serenely toward the Sprint goal.