Daily Scrum /Daily Standup
The Daily Scrum is a maximum 15-minute event for developers, designed to inspect the progress toward the Sprint Goal and plan their next steps for the following 24 hours. It’s an event by developers, for developers, allowing them to choose the format that best supports their collaboration and alignment. The key is flexibility—developers decide how to run the event, as long as it serves its purpose.
During the Daily Scrum, developers focus on:
- Inspecting progress: They check how their current work aligns with the Sprint Goal.
- Planning the next 24 hours: Developers discuss and coordinate the work they will tackle next, ensuring alignment across the team.
- Making information transparent: They share anything that needs to be known by everyone to keep moving towards the Sprint Goal and make impediments visible.
One crucial aspect is adaptation. If developers learn new information during the Daily Scrum or make it transparent—perhaps a task is more complex than expected, something emerged that was not clear upfront or priorities have shifted—they update the Sprint Backlog accordingly. This reflects empiricism, as the team inspects their current situation and adapts their plan based on what they now know, rather than sticking rigidly to a pre-set plan.
The Daily Scrum is forward-looking. It’s not a status report or retrospective but a short, practical session to ensure the team stays aligned and can react to new information quickly.
