{"id":5682,"date":"2017-06-01T00:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:20:24","slug":"daily-scrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mgrush.com\/blog\/daily-scrum\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use the Principles of Agile\u2019s Daily Scrum in Your Staff Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are good meetings and there are long meetings but there aren\u2019t many good, long meetings. Therefore, Agile’s Daily Scrum event encourages self-evolving teams to meet daily, yet briefly. Strictly time-boxed to fifteen minutes duration, the Daily Scrum may also be called a morning roll-call, daily huddle, or a\u00a0daily stand-up. Above all, you can use questions from a Daily Scrum to dramatically improve the quality of your regularly conducted staff meetings.<\/h2>\n

The Three Questions of a Daily Scrum\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Daily Scrum meetings provide team members insight into where each other focuses their activities. For instance, you may use the trivium<\/a> format of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to modify questions that meet your needs, as illustrated below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Classic Three Questions of a Daily Scrum\u00a0(simple variants)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. What did you do yesterday? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What did I accomplish yesterday?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. What will you do today? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What will I do today?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Are there any impediments in your way? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What obstacles are impeding my progress?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Motivational Version of the Three Questions of a Daily Scrum\u00a0(implication)<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
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    1. What did you do to change the world yesterday? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What did you accomplish since the last meeting?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    2. How you are going to crush it today? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What are you working on until the next meeting?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
    3. How you are going to blast through any obstacles unfortunate enough to be standing in your way? (or,\u00a0<\/em>What is getting in your way or keeping you from doing your job?)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Comments About a Daily Scrum<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

      Therefore, use the same approach for your weekly or monthly staff\u00a0meetings. Although not exhaustive, the approach of reporting on\u00a0Yesterday > Today > Obstacles<\/strong>\u00a0prevents scope creep<\/a>. Additionally, standing, rather than sitting, ensures that meetings remain brief and discourages wasted time.<\/span><\/p>\n

      The daily Scrum does not\u00a0provide the time and place to solve problems. Rather, the daily Scrum approach makes the team aware of its current status. If discussion is needed, a longer meeting with appropriate parties can be arranged. Topics that require additional attention should be deferred until every team member has reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

      Agile’s Daily Scrum strives to disrupt old habits of working separately. Self-organizing teams radically outperform larger, traditionally managed teams. Groups optimally sized from five to nine members who . . .<\/span><\/p>\n