Daily Scrum/ Stand Up Flashcards
https://www.agilealliance.org/glossary/daily-meeting/
What is the Daily Scrum
-Same day, same time, same place
-Coordinate info: team members describe “completed” items and obstacles in their way. Typically via the 3 questions
Timebox for Daily Scrum?
15 mins
3 Questions for Daily Scrum?
-What did you do yesterday?
-What will you do today?
-What (if anything) is blocking your progress?
Alternative way to do Daily Scrum?
-Walking the board: reviewing by story, rather than person by person.
ADVANTAGES: Can easily see where collaboration is happening with stories, may hear how which stories are getting left behind. Shakes up the formatting.
What to do w/ questions/ topics that go long at Daily Scrum?
Parking lot for after the meeting b/w people affected by the issue
Daily Stand-Up vs Daily Scrum?
-Daily standup is from Extreme Programming
-Daily Scrum is reference to the name of the Scrum framework
Value of Daily Scrum?
-Ensures that critical knowledge doesn’t fall through the cracks (work in testing, releases, updates that may affect other areas/ people)
-Short, focused, energetic meeting builds team cohesion
-Reliably shorter than sit-down meetings: more time for hands on keyboards/ producing
Common pitfalls for Daily Scrum?
-Meeting runs as a “status report.” SOLUTION: Coach team members to lead the meeting as a peer-to-peer basis, rather than a report out to the SM or manager.
-Runs long. SOLUTION: Timeboxing strategies from the facilitator that make the work visible: like visible timers, visible parking lot for keeping track of follow up items/ topics going long
-Team doesn’t see value. SOLUTION: Coaching on value with examples that highlight benefits. Ensuring timeboxing so not seen as a hinderance. Following up on their needs.
-“No problem” meeting– no impediments are raised even though there are issues with delivery at peak performance. SOLUTION: Indicates that team members are not feeling comfortable sharing/ being transparent. Build team culture via retrospectives, meet with devs one on one to learn about needs, inspect company culture for ways to improve psychological safety.
Ideally, who leads the Daily Scrum?
The team. This meeting does not require the SM but they should go because 1) best way to hear about impediments, 2) if it’s a meeting valuable enough for the team to go to, SM should be modeling, 3) provide coaching, if needed (timeboxing, facilitation strategies, etc)
