Another Scrum Day of Learning
June 28th, 2007 by HalWe had our first Daily Scrum. It took 16 minutes. I minute too long. Our ScrumMaster asked each of us the 3 Scrum questions:
- What have you done since yesterday's meeting?
- What are you going to get done today?
- What impediments (obstacles) do you need to be removed?
What do I know? I'm just a beginner. A happy beginner!
We got through the questions in under 10 minutes. We then asked follow-up questions to some of the team members' responses. One issue was left to be addressed by tomorrow's Scrum. Once the meeting was closed I called for a Spike1 to address the issue with three people on the team. In 5 more minutes we resolved an assignment that in other settings might have taken a number of phone calls, emails, and interruptions. Spike over!
I've been thinking quite a lot about "inspect and adapt." There is a direct parallel to Deming's plan-do-check-act. I still haven't had a conversation with our ScrumMaster about it. I'm wondering, is inspect and adapt short-hand? I'm probably missing something, but I'd expect to be clear about my hypothesis so I know what to inspect for. But what do I know? I'm just a beginner. A happy beginner!
By the way, I forgot to ask the others to stand during the Scrum meetings. I stood, fidgeted, made a few notes, and fidgeted some more. I'll ask the others to fidget with me tomorrow.
- The word spike refers to a focussed high level of engagement to get just one thing done. Everything else is on hold for that time. [ ⇑ back ]
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