Agile Project Management: Daily Scrum: 21 tips to co-ordinate your team with stand-up meetings and create a daily plan (agile project management, agile ... scrum master, scrum, agile development)

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“Daily Scrum: 21 tips to co-ordinate your team with standup meetings and create a daily plan”.
This class contains proven steps and strategies on how to improve your daily scrum (stand-up) meeting as part of an agile scrum team.
I am sure you will get value from this because it gives you a complete introduction to agile scrum daily stand-ups and walks you step by step through carrying out and improving daily stand-ups in your team or business from the ground up. It also gives you plenty of examples. It tells you EXACTLY how the pros carry out the daily scrum and guides you through some common best practices based on extensive research. In this class you will learn:

• A brief recap of agile and scrum principles


• Why the daily scrum is so powerful for co-coordinating, synchronizing, and creating a daily plan for your team


• How to carry out a daily scrum in your team or business like the pros


• Concise tips and options for improving your daily scrum and taking it to the next level

So let me help you to learn, improve and master the daily scrum (stand-up meeting)!

Table of Contents

Disclaimer 3

Introduction 7

What is the Daily Scrum? 11

It’s not just standing up! 11

Before You Scrum 12

Meet the Scrum Team 12

What are the Rules for Scrum Meetings? 13

Who Should Attend Daily Scrum Meetings? 14

Scrum and Focus on Synchronization 14

Indentifying the Unsaid Blockers 15

Getting Long Meetings under Control 15

21 tips to synchronize your team 16

The Different Kinds of Scrum Masters 16

Purpose of the Daily Scrum – A Summary 18

Tip #1: Keep the Meetings on Target 19

Tip #2: Keep to the Schedule – Same Place, Same Time 20

Tip #3: It’s great if the Product Owner Shows Up 20

Tip #4: Stick to the Script 21

Tip # 5: Keep Standing 23

Tip #6: Look out for Story Telling Members 24

Tip #7: Control Tangents 26

Tip #8: Limit Technology 27

Tip #9: Team communication is Important 28

Tip #10: Avoid Email during the Meeting 29

Tip #11: Pass a Token to Add Energy during Meeting 30

Tip #12: Help Your Team Overcome Fear 31

Tip #13: There’s no Room for Distractions 33

Tip #14: Get Over Poor Estimation Habits 35

Tip #15: Measure Progress at the Daily Scrum 37

Tip #16: Updating the Project Management Tool during the Set-up 38

Tip #17: Keep a Close Eye on What Other Members are saying 39

Tip #18: Observe the Sprint Burndown Chart 40

Tip #19: Managing Remote Teams 41

Tip #20: Scrum of Scrums for Better Coordination 43

Tip #21: Inviting Internal and External Stakeholders to the Scrum Meeting 44

Conclusion 46

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