Daily Scrum (Scrum Guide)
The Daily Scrum is the Scrum Guide's 15-minute daily event in which the Developers inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt their plan. The 2020 Guide no longer prescribes questions; the team picks any structure as long as it focuses on the goal and ends in a plan for the day.
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Daily stand-ups for agile, project or delivery teams working toward a shared short-term goal.
Inspect Progress
The Developers look at how far they have come toward the Sprint Goal since yesterday.
Adapt the Sprint Backlog
They adjust the planned work where progress or new information calls for it.
Plan the Next Day
The team leaves with an actionable plan for the coming working day.
Follow-up Conversations
Detailed problem-solving moves to short sessions straight after, with only the people involved.
Creates natural rhythm and momentum that keeps energy high throughout.
Use it for any daily stand-up request: a single 15-minute block, or three or four very short blocks following the phases. Push long discussions into a separate follow-up block.
- 1Vary the pace between high and low energy activities
- 2Use clear transitions between sections
- 3Build complexity gradually throughout
- 4End with actionable takeaways
- Daily stand-ups
- Agile and Scrum teams
- Short-cycle project teams
- Fixed 15-minute timebox
- Same time and place every day
- Focus on the Sprint Goal, not status reporting
- The Developers own the meeting
- Ends with a plan for the day
- The classic three questions were removed in the 2020 Guide; do not present them as required
- Easily slides into status reporting to a manager
- The phase labels here are a reading of the Guide's purpose statement, not named steps in it