Session Flow · 15 minutes
Daily Scrum (Scrum Guide)
The Daily Scrum is the Scrum Guide's 15-minute daily event in which the Developers inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt their plan. The 2020 Guide no longer prescribes questions; the team picks any structure as long as it focuses on the goal and ends in a plan for the day.
When to use Daily Scrum (Scrum Guide)
Daily stand-ups for agile, project or delivery teams working toward a shared short-term goal.
How Daily Scrum (Scrum Guide) works
Use it for any daily stand-up request: a single 15-minute block, or three or four very short blocks following the phases. Push long discussions into a separate follow-up block.
Phases of Daily Scrum (Scrum Guide)
- Inspect Progress: The Developers look at how far they have come toward the Sprint Goal since yesterday.
- Adapt the Sprint Backlog: They adjust the planned work where progress or new information calls for it.
- Plan the Next Day: The team leaves with an actionable plan for the coming working day.
- Follow-up Conversations: Detailed problem-solving moves to short sessions straight after, with only the people involved.
Key principles
- Fixed 15-minute timebox
- Same time and place every day
- Focus on the Sprint Goal, not status reporting
- The Developers own the meeting
- Ends with a plan for the day
Best for
- Daily stand-ups
- Agile and Scrum teams
- Short-cycle project teams
Considerations
- The classic three questions were removed in the 2020 Guide; do not present them as required
- Easily slides into status reporting to a manager
- The phase labels here are a reading of the Guide's purpose statement, not named steps in it
Attribution & sources
Developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland, 1990s (defined in the Scrum Guide, 2020 revision)
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