How to Maximize Effectiveness and Efficiency of Daily Scrum

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1. Effective Daily Scrum
2. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD What is Daily Scrum? • Daily Scrum is a short meeting held daily at the same time by the Scrum team. • During Daily Scrum, Developers share task status and impediments that held them back from achieving Sprint Goal. • Daily Scrum is critical because it brings regular communication to the team.
3. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Daily Scrum Summary Items Explanation Notes Why Sharing status of tasks and impediments How 1. What I did yesterday. 2. What I will do today. 3. Any impediments holding me back When & Duration 15 minutes at the same time Held daily at the same time Where Online or offline (wherever) Held at the same place Who Developers (Must) Product Owner（Optional） Scrum Master (Optional) Other Stakeholders (Optional) Although the Product Owner and the Scrum Master are not mandatory to join, it’s better for them to attend. What (Outcome) Updated Product Backlog If there are any impediments, it should be discussed after Daily Scrum.
4. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Daily Scrum Questions During Daily Scrum, Developers answer these three questions. 1. What I did yesterday. 2. What I will do today. 3. Any impediments holding me back from achieving Sprint Goal
5. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Daily Scrum & Other Events Daily Scrum happens between Sprint Planning and Sprint Review to check the progress of tasks.
6. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Kanban Board in Daily Scrum (Walk the Wall) • Kanban board is recommended to use during Daily Scrum so that all participants can understand better task status. • You can move tasks or comments on tasks if necessary.
7. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Tips for Daily Scrum 1 • Do Daily Scrum at the same time and in the same place for consistency and to avoid confusion. • Use the Kanban board so that everyone can check the task status visually. • Make it open so that the parties involved can check the status of the project, too. • Involve people closely working with Developers such as designers and QAs. • Spare time after Daily Scrum so that further discussions can be held.
8. ASIA EDGE TECHNOLOGY. PTE. LTD Tips for Daily Scrum 2 • Make the atmosphere open and helpful. Daily Scrum is not the place to blame others. It’s the place to help and solve. • Do it daily. Daily communication is the key to software development due to its complex nature. Many unexpected things happen. • Comment on each PBI (Product Backlog Item) so that the absentee can check the status as well. • Although the Scrum Master and the Product Owner do not necessarily attend Daily Scrum according to the Scrum Guide, it’s much better for the team to attend for better communication.