Daily Scrum - The Fourth Question

By: Chris Sims

The standard Scrum Stand-up meeting, AKA 'The Daily Scrum', has each participant answering 3 questions:

• What have you got done since the last stand-up?
• What do you expect to get done by the next stand-up?
• What impediments are in your way?

I usually included a fourth question:

• What news do you have to share that may interest and/or impact the team?

My friend Siraj also adds a fourth question, but he is more creative than I, and chooses a different question each day.  Here are some of the questions on his list.  I recommend reading his short post to see the rest.

• What did you learn yesterday?
• What surprised you yesterday?
• Do you think our "Slate is Clean"?
• How has your life changed today?

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Cheers,

Chris

Comments

[Lisa Crispin]

I like this idea, it sounds like it would help promote a learning culture and a nice team environment!