Daily Scrum Meetings

What is a good way to open a scrum meeting?

• All right, we’ve waited long enough for late people. Who’d like to start?

• If I can just start out here by asking if there are any agenda items to add?

• Okay, we’ve only got 15 minutes so let’s get going. Tanya, we’ll start with you.

How might you ask for updates?

• Hank, it’s your turn. Let’s hear what you did yesterday.

• So, who else has something they’d like to report?

• Tina, any idea how we might tackle this problem?

What is a good way to suggest collaboration?

• Nina will be able to take care of that if you can’t.

• It might be a good idea to ask Nina for some help on that.

• Sorry Gus but I’d like you to pass that off to Nina if you don’t mind.

How can you sidebar an issue that comes up during a meeting?

• Actually, that’s an issue that Brian might be able to speak about.

• Well, we’ve talked about that before so there’s really no need.

• Maybe we can just leave that for discussion after the meeting.

Which of the following is a good way to report generally what you’ve been working on?

• This morning I found a chunk of code that was really messed up.

• I’ve been thinking that we might have to change the whole flow of the app.

• Lately I’ve been working on designing some tests for the database.

How could you report next steps during a scrum update?

• So, what do you think I should do once I’m done this piece of work?

• Anyone else think we should grab some lunch right after this?

• Next, I am going to debug the reporting tool.

What is one way to identify an impediment?

• One challenge I have is getting work done in this open office environment.

• I was wondering if I could work from home one or two days a week.

• Well Dayton, I think that sounds like a real challenge.

What would be a good way to ask for help from another team member?

• I’d really appreciate a bit of help from someone on the Java side of things.

• Ursula, I’m going to need you to take on the Java part of this.

• So, anyone else having some troubles with Java?

How could you outline sidebar topics for after a meeting?

• All right, what have we got left to discuss?

• Okay, we’re done, but feel free to stay if you want to talk about the sound or video files.

• Perhaps tomorrow in our next meeting we can discuss testing and client relations.

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