Agile & Scrum Practice Question 3: Daily Scrum Purpose
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A new Scrum Master has been running the Daily Scrum as a 45-minute meeting in which each Developer reports their status to him in turn. Which description of the Daily Scrum matches the 2020 Scrum Guide?
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The Scrum Guide says "The purpose of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary" and "The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team." It belongs to the Developers; the Scrum Master ensures it happens and stays within its timebox but is not the audience.
- B is wrong: the three questions were an example in the 2017 Guide and were removed in 2020. The Developers "can select whatever structure and techniques they want" as long as the event focuses on the Sprint Goal and produces an actionable plan. Reporting to the Scrum Master is exactly the anti-pattern in the scenario. - C is wrong: it is not a status meeting for the Product Owner. The Product Owner takes part only as a Developer if they are actively working on Sprint Backlog items. - D is wrong: the Daily Scrum is 15 minutes regardless of Sprint length. The events that scale with a one-month maximum are Sprint Planning (8 hours), Sprint Review (4) and the Retrospective (3).
Reference: The 2020 Scrum Guide - Daily Scrum