3. To three questions or not to three questions

A common Daily Scrum process Development Teams tend to follow is the three questions:

What did I do yesterday that helped the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? What will I do today to help the Development Team meet the Sprint Goal? Do I see any impediment that prevents me or the Development Team from meeting the Sprint Goal?

This is one way of conducting the meeting, but there is no prescribed way or format. Scrum merely gives an example of how you could run it. It’s down to the Development Team to run it as they see fit.

It is good to mix things up from time to time, change up how the team are conducting the Daily Scrum. One way is to focus on the Product Backlog Items, starting right to left and walk the board. This way every ticket gets talked about and isn’t missed. But if the team are working well together, no ticket should be ignored that’s in progress, regardless of how you conduct the Daily Scrum.

Another idea is to have the person who speaks next, start their first sentence with the last word the previous person used. Or how about asking everyone to close their eyes during the Daily Scrum? Maybe tell the team they can’t show their teeth during the entire meeting?

I realise these are corny, but give them a try and see what the outcome is.