Scrum Meetings

Guidelines

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Objective of this guideline

This guideline provides the

characteristics of:

a)Daily Stand-Up Meetings

b)Scrum of Scrum Meetings

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Characteristics Daily Stand-up Meeting

Same time daily.

Same place (preferably at task board).
Stand-up meeting: Everybody stands in front of the task board.
Entire duration: max. 15 min.
Not a problem-solving or design session, not a status meeting to anybody else than team.
Scrum master reports on obstacles. Update of impediment and obstacle backlog.

Update work remaining on tasks for burn-down. Sprint is fixed on backlog item level but
flexible on task level. The team is allowed to add, change or remove tasks or to adapt
estimations.
Non-team-member invited to listen and observe (PO, user, manager and other
stakeholders).

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Daily Stand-Up Meeting Questions T-OU
Ta nd p
in to
task
b oard

Each participant answers

four questions:
1.What did I accomplish
since the last meeting?
2.What will I accomplish
today?
3.What obstacles are in my
way?

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Meeting Rules for Daily Stand-Up / Daily Scrum
TEAM PRIN
T-OU
Ta nd p
in to
Arrive on time or early. task
b oard
Be ready to say what you did since the last meeting and what you plan to do today.

Keep your report specific, precise and short in order to help the meeting end within 15
minutes.

Listen to other team member's status in case it might relate to your tasks or impact you.

Don't interrupt people when they are talking.

Note the tasks or action items you volunteer for.

If you raise an issue or question that can't be resolved in a minute, ask to discuss with the
parties involved after the meeting.

For those calling in, be sure to start your report with "This is [your name].

Non-team-members invited to listen and observe but not to actively participate (product
owner, user, manager and other stakeholders).

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Scrum of Scrum Meeting to coordinate work among teams

Scrum of Scrum meetings allow teams to discuss their work, focusing especially on areas of
overlap and integration.

Examples of possible subjects for SAP projects: Master Data, Interfaces, Security,
Conversion, Reporting.

Scrum of Scrum Meetings differ from daily Scrums:

They do not need to be held daily (e.g. 2-3 times a week).
They are problem-solving meetings.
They do not need to be timeboxed to 15 minutes. Recommended length is between 30 and 60 minutes.
The team will choose the best representative to participate in the Scrum of Scrums. (Can vary from meeting to meeting)

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