Over the years using and implementing Scrum in organisations, I struggled sometimes with the value of the daily-standup…
Why did I struggle?
- The teams started off excited and it worked, however, as the adrenalin rush dissappeared, the daily stand-up became a drag, something they had to do with no excitement and not a lot of communication or team co-ordination
- By asking every member to come to the front and answer the 3 questions, there was no cohesive drive towards completing stories from the top ( prioritised ), people were all over the board and it was difficult to see what is what
- The communication as a team was not good, there was no hype, there was no excitement and no drive towards a mutually accountable goal at all…
The Solution
Well, this may go against the books and theory, however, it works for my teams…
I changed to ‘walking the board’, and a lot of Scrum practitioners are now doing the same…
I asked the team to communicate and co-ordinate collectively on each story, one at a time, from the top ( highest priority ) and talk through each story as a team…
The Result
It worked! I managed to solve 2 problems with this…
Problem 1: No effective communication and co-ordination as a team
Problem 2: Working all over the board, instead of delivering stories as a team from the highest priority first!
By walking-the-board we manage to solve both… the teams are now excited, they communication extremely well, the focus together as a team on their mutually accountable goal and the best is that suddenly they are holding each other accountable for that goal…
Since, I have used this regularly when I encounter the above mentioned problems… walking the board provides a Scrum Master or Coach with a method to mature an Agile team very fast…
Please go to http://agile-commentary.blogspot.com/2009/04/walking-board.html for another Agilist who did the same…
Kind regards
Arrie van der Dussen
Agile Business Manager
Kaizania
agile@kaizania.co.za
Daily Stand-up – 3 questions or not?
April 29, 2009 in Agile Commentary, Scrum Coaching, Scrum Implementation | Tags: adopting agile, ceremonies, coaching, consulting, daily stand-up, implementing agile, implementing scrum, kanban, scrum, scrum board, scrum team training, velocity | by thinkingagile | Leave a comment
Over the years using and implementing Scrum in organisations, I struggled sometimes with the value of the daily-standup…
Why did I struggle?
- The teams started off excited and it worked, however, as the adrenalin rush dissappeared, the daily stand-up became a drag, something they had to do with no excitement and not a lot of communication or team co-ordination
- By asking every member to come to the front and answer the 3 questions, there was no cohesive drive towards completing stories from the top ( prioritised ), people were all over the board and it was difficult to see what is what
- The communication as a team was not good, there was no hype, there was no excitement and no drive towards a mutually accountable goal at all…
The Solution
Well, this may go against the books and theory, however, it works for my teams…
I changed to ‘walking the board’, and a lot of Scrum practitioners are now doing the same…
I asked the team to communicate and co-ordinate collectively on each story, one at a time, from the top ( highest priority ) and talk through each story as a team…
The Result
It worked! I managed to solve 2 problems with this…
Problem 1: No effective communication and co-ordination as a team
Problem 2: Working all over the board, instead of delivering stories as a team from the highest priority first!
By walking-the-board we manage to solve both… the teams are now excited, they communication extremely well, the focus together as a team on their mutually accountable goal and the best is that suddenly they are holding each other accountable for that goal…
Since, I have used this regularly when I encounter the above mentioned problems… walking the board provides a Scrum Master or Coach with a method to mature an Agile team very fast…
Please go to http://agile-commentary.blogspot.com/2009/04/walking-board.html for another Agilist who did the same…
Kind regards
Arrie van der Dussen
Agile Business Manager
Kaizania
agile@kaizania.co.za