I had a conversation with some of my colleagues about what makes a good daily stand-up, here are some properties:
- Time-boxed (15 minutes)
- Everyone is engaged
- Synchronization is taking place
- Attention to problems
- People ask for help
- The conversation is about stuff that matters to most people, individual issues are postponed
- Anyone can lead the meeting, not just the Scrum Master / Team Coach
- The meeting is the starting point for the day, afterwards everyone feels energized and can start working right away
- Ends with a punch that marks the end of the meeting and the start of the day*
* The team has dumbells by the scrum board. The rule is that if you feel the current speaker is monopolizing the meeting, you can hand the speaker a dumbell. Now the speaker can keep talking only as long as they can hold up the dumbbell with an outstretched arm.
