How to Perform the Daily Scrum

Introduction The Daily Scrum is the monitoring and control of the Sprint. It takes place at the same time and place every day during the Sprint. It usually takes place at the start of the working day.
It is a “stand up” meeting to prevent exceeding the meeting schedule. It is scheduled to 20 minutes in total – asking these three questions to the Scrum Team members:

  • Did you achieve what you planned yesterday – is any correction necessary?
  • What do you plan to achieve today?
  • Is there anything that can prevent you from achieving the goal today and what can be done to mitigate that?

The meeting is facilitated by the Scrum Master. The Scrum Team updates the Sprint Plan with activities for the next 24 – 48 hours, including any mitigation of obstacles/risk to meeting the Goal of the Sprint.
Who will participate? The participants has the following responsibilities:

Product Owner Development Team Scrum Master SME Business
Identify obstacles to
progress		 I A/R C
Resolve obstacles … R A/R C C
Adhering to the 20 min. schedule R R A/R
Legend:R=Responsible;A=Accountable; C=Consulted; I=Informed

What is the input? The input to the Daily Scrum is the work performed by the Development Team the day before.
Which tasks is expected? The following tasks are expected:

Task Description
Report Each team member answers briefly the questions

  • Did you achieve what you planned yesterday – is any correction necessary?
    • If using a Kanban board move User Story to the actual phase.
  • What do you plan to achieve today?
    • If starting on a new task sign in for it!
  • Is there anything that can prevent you from achieving the goal today and what can be done to mitigate that?
    • If anyone on the Scrum Team can help then agree to meet later today to resolve the problem.
Make notes The Scrum Master makes notes of the progress and any obstacles that need support from outside the Scrum Team to be resolved.

The Scrum master is responsible for getting the support from outside the team if needed.
Update the plan for the next couple of days The Scrum Team compare the actual progress with the planned and update the plan accordingly.
If trend indicate that the Sprint Goal cannot be achieved a mitigating action is started.
Trending is easiest to identify if the team uses e.g. a BurnDownChart or BurnUpChart, for monitoring of the progress towards the plan.

How shall the result be controlled? There is no control of the result of the Daily Scrum meeting – the Scrum Master uses information from the meeting to take the appropriate action.
What is the output? There are two output from the Daily Scrum:

  • An updated plan for the Scrum Team for the next couple of days.
  • A Minutes of Meeting capturing essential information from the Daily Scrum to be used as evidence in release documentation.
When can we exit? The meeting ends after 15-20 minutes.
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