elad amit - the scrum daily standup meeting

THE SCRUM DAILY STANDUP MEETINGaka: 15 minutes in heaven

WHAT IS THIS FOR?

Tasks Synchronize the various team members Identify required help and common areas of work

Impediments Raise new impediments Pair impediments with people Ensure past impediments are being taken care of

To solve technical issues

To hash out complex designs with the team“There is no escaping reason; no denying purpose. Because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist.”Agent Smith, The Matrix Reloaded

THE TECHNICALITIES 15 minute timebox

Same time everyday Have the team find a time which best suits them No tardiness (one minute late is still late)

Attendees The team Anyone else?

Everyone stands Facilitates the timebox Easy to conduct in a regular room Everyone facing each other in a huddle – virtual round table of peers Keeps everyone focused

Three Questions What I did since the last meeting What I plan on doing today What is impeding me from doing my work in an optimal fashion

OUR BASIC TOOL BELTwait till you see the advanced one…

COME PREPARED

Know what you are going to say

Each team member should know what they are going to say as well

THE PARKING LOT

Capture items for discussion

The 15 minute timebox is not the place for long discussion

Review the parking lot after the daily

THE IMPEDIMENTS LIST

“Anything that prevents a team member from performing work as efficiently as possible” - from Victor Szalvay’s article “Glossary of Scrum Terms”

Rule of thumb: at least one impediment a day

How do we generate impediments? Understand what an impediment is and make sure

the team understands as well Ask "why are there no impediments today?" Hanging notes from the ceiling to entice the team If all else fails…beg

“The absence of conflict is not harmony, it’s apathy” - from article by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Jean L. Kahwajy, and L.J. Bourgeois III called “How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight”

DEALING WITH IMPEDIMENTS

"What" needs to be done

"Who" is going to do it

"When" they will communicate progress back

WHEN THE FIT HITS THE SHANaka: reality bites

WHEN THE FIT HITS THE SHAN

Storytelling

Reporting to the SM

Accounting for time rather then goals

Invisible (electronic) task board

Chickens talking

Tardiness

WHEN THE FIT HITS THE SHAN

Not raising impediments

Not handling impediments

Not helping each other

Low Energy

Who goes first?

Cell phones on. Laptops open. People “checked out.”

OUR ADVANCED TOOL BELTwell…advanced is a relative term…

COLLABORATION

Visit other teams

Ask other people to join your daily standup

Use the retrospective to brainstorm

FOCUS THE TEAM

The three questions

The burn down chart

The whiteboard

Other BVCs

IS THAT IT?!I Got to keep something for the “Advanced ScrumMaster Tips and Tricks” session