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Jeff DaltonGreat Big Agilehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4206-3_24

24. Daily Stand-Up

Jeff Dalton1 
(1)
Waterford, MI, USA
 

Description

The Daily Stand-Up (or “Daily Scrum” or “Daily Meeting”) is an agile technique that is popular with most agile teams. It is used to maintain a shared understanding of progress, identify impediments and risks early (“fail fast”), and increase collaboration and transparency among team members. As the name indicates, the meeting occurs every day, and participants often stand for the duration of the meeting in order to encourage brevity.

There are primarily two approaches to conducting a Daily Stand-Up meeting. The first is to conduct a meeting where information is provided based on the active user ...

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