Weekly team check-in in three lines
One blip a week for teams that do not need a daily rhythm: shipped, focus, need.
Once a week, on the day your team picks
The three lines
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Shipped
What is the main thing you shipped this week?
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Focus
What is your one focus for next week?
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Need
What do you need from someone else? Leave empty if nothing.
Each line: 80 characters at most.
Copy the template
Shipped: Focus: Need:
Plain text. Paste it into any chat tool or document and use it today.
An example weekly check-in blip
- Shipped New onboarding emails are live for all signups
- Focus Rewrite the pricing page copy
- Need Need a decision on the annual discount by Wednesday
A written sample, not a real team's update.
Questions
What is a weekly team check-in?
A short written update each person shares once a week so the team knows what moved, what comes next and who needs help, without holding a status meeting.
How long should a weekly check-in be?
Short enough that everyone reads all of them. A blip is three lines of at most 80 characters, so a team of eight is 24 lines in total.
Is a weekly check-in better than a daily standup?
It depends on how fast the work changes. Teams with long tasks and few handoffs often do fine with one blip a week. Teams that block each other daily need the daily one.
tblip is in development. The template above works without it.