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Agile Dailies – Avoid 19 Pitfalls of the Daily Scrum Meeting
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Agile Dailies – Avoid 19 Pitfalls of the Daily Scrum Meeting

Learn to fix inefficient Daily Scrums and use the full potential of the stand-up meeting for your project
4.3 (27 ratings)
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438 students enrolled
Created by Matthias Orgler
Last updated 1/2018
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What you'll learn
  • Make your agile team more productive each day and avoid common pitfalls! Reap the benefits of really productive Daily Scrums.
  • Example: If your team doesn't like the Daily Scrum, it is usually a sign that the Dailies are not valuable. I give you tips to fix it.
Requirements
  • No. A basic familiarity with Scrum will help, but is not necessary
Description

The Daily Scrum is an agile ceremony that many teams use to get started with when implementing Scrum. It is one of the most commonly used parts of the Scrum project management framework. Sadly, it’s also often misunderstood and implemented poorly, leading to poor results, a decline in productivity and a general despise for Scrum and agile methods in general.

This course names common pitfalls and gives you actionable methods to avoid them. After this course you will not only know what the Daily Scrum is and why teams around the world use it, but you will also know the most common mistakes and how to avoid them!

Your instructor is an experienced agile coach and Professional Scrum Master. Matthias Orgler has coached many teams worldwide and he knows the mistakes most commonly made by managers, team leads and project managers when performing the Daily Scrum.

Who this course is for:
  • Agile team members, Scrum Masters, agile coaches, software developers or leaders responsible for agile projects
Course content
Expand all 23 lectures 01:00:51
+ – Introduction
1 lecture 01:41

Welcome to this course on the Daily Scrum! Get an overview of what to expect in the following lectures.

Introduction
Preview 01:41
+ – The Basics
2 lectures 04:35

We briefly look at what the Daily Scrum is and how it fits into the project management framework of Scrum.

What is the Daily Scrum?
Preview 03:09

To understand what can go wrong in a Daily Scrum, we first need to know what the purpose of this meeting is in the first place!

Why Do We Need the Daily Scrum?
01:26
+ – 19 Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
19 lectures 53:21

One of the most common pitfalls, that can quickly derail a Daily Scrum. If your Dailies are longer than 15 minutes, you have a problem! Learn how to fix it.

Pitfall #1: Lack of Timeboxing
Preview 03:13

The Daily Scrum is not a status meeting. Yet many teams unintentionally turn it into one. If you don't take action against it, this will make your Daily Scrum meeting much less effective.

Pitfall #2: The Degenerated Status Meeting
04:58

Not having a war room and being able to refer to tasks on your sprint backlog wall can be a problem. Learn why this is bad and how you can fix it.

Pitfall #3: The Missing Wall
03:12

Managing your sprint backlog in software is a lazy and bad practice. This lecture shows you what can happen and what you can do to make it better.

Pitfall #4: Sprint Backlog in Software
05:25

Although you can freely chose the structure for your Daily Scrum, the "three questions" are a proven and very common structure. Skipping any of the questions means you're depriving the Daily Scrum of one of its core purposes.

Pitfall #5: Skipping Questions
03:42

If your Daily Scrum is not at the same time and same place every single day, you will run into problems. Learn why this fixed time and place are important and how you can reap the benefits.

Pitfall #6: Different Time, Different Place
03:22

Are your Dailies starting on time? Most Daily Scrums out there don't – and that is a problem! This lectures shows you what you can do about it.

Pitfall #7: Waiting for Latecomers
02:58

Do you know this: "Leave the team alone and they don't follow the process anymore" – well, that's not how it should be in an agile team. Learn that cultivating flat hierarchies and responsibility to make a team more productive.

Pitfall #8: No Scrum Master, No Show
01:44

Talking about problems takes courage. It is important that your team has that courage, talks about problems and does something to solve them!

Pitfall #9: Forget Impediments
02:09

Some teams try to substitute a weekly meeting for a Daily Scrum. Learn why this is a bad idea.

Pitfall #10: A Day Becomes a Week
01:38

The Daily Scrum is a "standup meeting" for a reason! This lecture explains why standing is good and what you can do to encourage your team to follow this good practice.

Pitfall #11: Sitting
01:16

Slipping into discussions can quickly derail any meeting – especially such a short meeting as the Daily Scrum. Learn how to detect and solve this problem in this lecture.

Pitfall #12: Starting Discussions
Preview 02:09

Not every Daily Scrum has heaps of new progress or plans. Learn to be fine with that.

Pitfall #13: Expect Content
01:22

There are many myths and jokes about the Product Owner and the Daily Scrum. This lecture busts some of these myths and gives you tools to negotiate between the interests of the Product Owner and the team.

Pitfall #14: Uninvited Product Owner
02:55

Another sign, that your team isn't really self-organizing and agile is, if they wait for the Scrum Master to start the Daily Scrum! This lecture gives you a few tricks to educate your team towards more agility.

Pitfall #15: Waiting for the Scrum Master
01:40

The Daily Scrum is a meeting for the team to communicate. If the team doesn't communicate in the Daily Scrum, something is wrong. Learn to detect this problem and get tips how to cope with it.

Pitfall #16: Not Talking to Each Other
01:22

Silent and shy people are often those with the most valuable ideas and insights! Get them to talk to maximize your team's productivity.

Pitfall #17: Some are Silent
02:42

Sprint goals and keeping them in focus is a very effective tool to stop being busy and start making progress towards your project goal!

Pitfall #18: Losing Sight of the Sprint Goal
04:37

Often a Scrum Master closes the Daily Scrum meeting by thanking the team. Learn why this is actually bad and what you should do instead.

Pitfall #19: Scrum Master Thanks the Team
02:57
+ – Closing Words
1 lecture 01:14

Download the cheat sheet, print it and have it handy at your next Daily Scrum!

Thank You!
01:14