Lecture Notes: Daily Scrum and Scrum Events

Introduction

• Presenter: Shashank Pachnuri, Scrum Master in India with 10 years of IT experience.
• Session Focus: New trending daily scrum questions and daily scrum meeting demo.

Daily Scrum Meeting Rules and Purpose

• Definition of Daily Scrum: A short, 15-minute time-boxed meeting held daily during a sprint.
• Purpose: Progress towards the sprint goal, form a 24-hour plan, and increase the likelihood of achieving the sprint goal.
• Participants: Scrum Master, Product Owner, Development Team, and optionally, other interested parties as passive audience.
• Focus: Not for problem-solving, but for raising issues to be addressed offline.
• Typical Questions:
  • What did you do yesterday?
  • What will you do today?
  • Are there any impediments in your way?

Updated and New Trending Daily Scrum Questions

• Set A: Classic Questions

  • What story did you work on yesterday?
  • Who worked on it with you?
  • What story do you plan to tackle today?
  • What obstacles, if any, do you anticipate?

• Set B: Shared Learning

  • In the work you did yesterday, what did you learn that could help the whole team?
  • What do you hope to learn today, and how will you share it?
  • What gets in your way of learning?

• Set C: Finding Help

  • What helpful resources (websites, books, articles, team members' expertise, etc.) did you access yesterday for your work?
  • Where will you look for help today?
  • What gets in the way of finding helpful resources?

• Set D: Achieving the Plan

  • How did you help the team move towards achieving our iteration plan yesterday?
  • How will you help move forward in the plan today?
  • What will impede your progress?
  • On a scale of 0 to 5, how confident are you that we will complete all work in our iteration plan?

• Set E: Commitment to One Another

  • What did you commit to yesterday?
  • What do you hope to commit to today?
  • What hinders your ability to continuously integrate your work today?

Do's and Don'ts in Daily Scrum Meetings

Do's:

1. Turn on Cameras: Ensures maximum exchange of information via audio and video.
2. Stable Internet Connection: Essential for effective communication.

Don'ts:

1. Do not multitask: Focus on the meeting for valuable inputs and suggestions.
2. Don't be late: Join on time to ensure a productive and time-boxed meeting.

Implementation of New Questions in Daily Scrum

• Example Question Sets Used:
  • Set B: Shared Learning questions tackled by various team members like Neha and Deepika.
  • Set C: Finding Help questions addressed specific resource needs.
  • Set D: Achieving the Plan questions gauged team confidence and highlighted impediments.
  • Set E: Focused on commitment to daily goals and continuous integration.

Conclusion

• Action Items: Recap of steps to remove impediments and support each other.
• Feedback: Encouraged sharing feedback for continuous improvement.
• Sprint Planning: Brief touch on next steps and preparation for upcoming sprint planning.

Final Note

• Importance of trying new sets of questions to keep daily scrum engaging and productive.
• Constant iteration and feedback to adapt and improve the daily scrum process.

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