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Ways to Improve Daily Scrum Meetings

Scrum meetings: some people swear by them, others swear at them, but like them or not, they are an essential part of utilizing agile project management techniques. Oftentimes, the people to reject scrum meetings were stuck in bad ones. Quick, 15-minute standups turned into hour-long debates with no real solutions in sight. While scrum meetings can be valuable in keeping a project on track, they can also quickly get out of hand. Reference: https://theuncommonleague.com/blog/2018410/how-to-improve-your-agile-scrum-meetings Here are the tips for improving your daily scrum meetings. Only Talk About the Work of the Current Sprint Preparation for the Coming Sprint Discussion should be limited to work team members performed in pursuit of the team’s sprint goal. Beyond that I allow a little bit of discussion about work preparing for the next sprint. For example, “I split the stories for next sprint and think they’re all small enough now. Also, I scheduled time with Miss Im