DAILY SCRUM

Deepak T Gururaja

The Purpose

What is a Daily Standup?

Scrum is team not only individuals Each individual comes to the scrum call

with the knowledge of Where I Stand At the end of the scrum, team walks out

with a knowledge of “Where WE Are”

Administrative aspects

All team members present Held at the same time/same place

everyday Facilitated by the Scrum Master Preferable to do it at the start of the day Time box – 15 minutes Preferred mode of communication –

face to face

The chicken and pig storyChicken: "Let's start a restaurant."Pig: "Good idea, but what should we call it?"Chicken: "How about 'Ham and Eggs'"Pig: "No thanks. I'd be committed, you'd only be involved."

Daily StandUp

Both pigs and chickens can participate Participation is mandatory for committed

members Members who are committed are

allowed to talk People who are involved are allowed

only to listen

The structure

All team members are required to answer 3 questions – What did I do today – To help my team

achieve the sprint goalWhat will I do tomorrow – To help my team

achieve the sprint goalDo I see any impediments in my team

achieving the sprint goal Anything else?

What about these

Getting inputs from other team members If I have to get the code debugged or a

solve a problem I need to get answers to queries I think one of the team members are

headed in the wrong direction. I need to correct him

I have to demo something I completed yesterday

I have to discuss these in the daily scrum.

These are important items

Please regroup after the scrum

Do your updates sound like this on most days?

What's Wrong?

Stuck on the same task for long without being blocked

Not “REALLY” making progress Doing spike task and not sure of the

outcome, or, even if there will be one In most cases, have no clue on what is

the way forward

What is the solution

Clear Smaller tasks Tasks that can be completed in a day Each such task should have a clear

outcome If a day’s task isn't completed in 2 day,

you are very unlikely to finish it the third day

Call out – we are a team