What happens during a Scrum meeting?

Each team member must answer three questions:

1. What have you completed, relative to the backlog, since the last Scrum meeting?
2. What obstacles got in your way of completing this work?
3. What specific things do you plan to accomplish, relative to the backlog, between now and the next Scrum meeting?

The Scrum meeting should last 15 to 30 minutes, which provides enough time to address obstacles, but does not allow time to brainstorm a solution. All discussion other than responses to the three questions is deferred to a later meeting involving only those actually affected by the discussion. The goals of the Scrum meeting include:

• focusing the effort of developers on the backlog items,
• communicating the priorities of backlog items to team members,
• keeping everyone informed of team progress and obstacles,
• resolving obstacles as quickly as possible,
• tracking progress in delivering the backlog functionality, and
• addressing and minimizing project risk.

Figure: Daily Scrum