Daily Scrum

The daily scrum presents an entirely different set of challenges than does the sprint planning meeting. Whereas sprint planning requires long but somewhat infrequent meetings, the daily scrum is a short but daily meeting. Because the daily scrum is timeboxed to 15 minutes, conducting this meeting does not present a problem for teams with overlapping workdays. Daily scrums are a problem, however, for widely distributed teams with no overlap in their workdays. To be asked to call in each and every day at a time when you wouldn’t normally be working is not sustainable long term. There are three primary strategies such teams use: single call, writing the meeting, and regional meetings.

Single Call

Perhaps the most common approach and ...

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