In the Scrum process, the Daily Scrum Meeting is a 15-minute status meeting during a Sprint cycle. Meetings are led by the ScrumMaster.

Purpose:

To synchronize the work of all Team Members daily and to schedule any meetings that the Team needs to forward its progress.

Time & Location:

The Daily Scrum meeting is time-boxed to 15 minutes regardless of the number of Team Members.

Daily Scrum meeting will be held in the same place at the same time every work day - ideally first thing in the morning.

Attendance:

All Team Members are required to attend. If for some reason a Team Member cannot attend in person, the absent member must either attend by telephone or by having another Team Member report on the absent member's status.

Tardiness:

Team Members must be prompt. The ScrumMaster starts the meeting at the appointed time, regardless who is present. Any members who are late pay $1 to the ScrumMaster immediately.

Rotation:

The ScrumMaster begins the meeting by starting with the person immediately to his or her left and proceeding counterclockwise around the room until everyone has reported.

Only one person talks at a time. That person is the one who is reporting his or her status. Everyone else listens. There are no side conversations.

Questions

1. What have you done since the last Daily Scrum regarding this project?
2. What will you do between now and the next Daily Scrum meeting regarding this project?
3. What impedes you from performing your work as effectively as possible?

Team Members should not digress beyond answering these three questions into issues, designs, discussions of problems, or gossip. The ScrumMaster is responsible for moving the reporting along briskly, from person to person.

Suggest Additional Meetings:

When a Team Member reports something that is of interest to other Team Members or needs the assistance of either Team Members, any Team Member can immediately arrange for all interested parties to get together after the Daily Scrum to set up a meeting.

Optional:

All attendees should stand to keep the meeting short.