Category: self-organization

Skip the Daily Scrum? No, thank you!

March 11, 2009 by Peter Stevens

Last week I gave an introductory talk about Scrum to a group of people in Zürich. One participant asked if it would be OK to make the Daily Scrum a Weekly Scrum? My answer: No way!

The Daily Scrum exists to enable self organization. It helps the team focus, communicate and identify impediments. The team members communicate to each other their progress, goals and impediments. The team members identify how they can help each other to reach the shared goal of the sprint.

Each team member answers three questions:

1. What did you accomplish yesterday?
2. What is your goal for today?
3. What is preventing you from accomplishing your goals?