What Is a Scrum Meeting?
Scrum meetings are short daily meetings, generally around 15-20 minutes long, that are designed to keep project members informed and on-course. Each meeting addresses specific features of the project. Attendees usually stand rather than sit in order to keep the meeting short and on-task. Scrums are effective for identifying problems early in a project and keeping colleagues productive.
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Participants
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Any employee assigned to a project will participate in daily scrum meetings. Attendance by management is permitted for receiving progress reports but feedback is prohibited.
Purpose
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Goal setting, problem solving, project course corrections and productivity are primary functions of the scrum. Team building and efficiency are also part of scrum meeting function.
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Rules
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Effective scrum meetings are held at the same time and place each time. They address what was accomplished since the last meeting and if any problems arose. Tasks to be completed by the next scrum meeting are agreed upon. Assistance and feedback are provided to associates who cannot resolve an issue preventing their progress.
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References
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Comments
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There are so many buzz words in the world today that actually mean something, I don't understand why old established processes like the team status meeting need to be renamed periodically. I have memos dating from 1986 that describe this exact same style of meeting. This process of renaming old established processes is itself an old established process. When I used to work at big corporations, all the executives would go away once every year or nine months to some kind of seminar, and come back with a pile of new buzz words for the same old things we had always done. Why?
