The Agile Daily Stand-Up

A 59 Seconds Agile Training Video

This is an ‘Agile Daily Stand-Up’ training video.

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The Agile Daily Stand-Up

A 59 Seconds Agile Article

This article provides an ‘Introduction to The Agile Daily Stand-Up‘ and looks to discuss what the Daily Stand-Up is, the format of the meeting and the benefits of the Daily Scrum.

Time Boxed Meeting

Think back to the example we were exploring earlier. You were wondering if there was a way your team could be more aware of what is going on in the project overall. The answer lies in a daily, in-person update with the whole team present.

You may be thinking that would take up practically half of every day, and that it would cause more problems than it would solve. This could be the case, but not if the meetings are regulated and carefully kept short and focused. This is where the daily scrum meeting comes in.

The daily scrum meeting is a stand-up meeting held every day that lasts no longer than fifteen minutes. The basic format of the meeting is to coordinate that day’s work, provide a status check to make sure the team is on target with their sprint goals, and identify any issues that any team member might be having.

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User Stories Applied

A 59 Seconds Agile Book Review

User Stories Applied by Mike Cohn is one of our favourite books on Agile User Stories. The book starts with an overview into user stories, and details what a user story is and the different aspects of them. He then discusses how to go about writing a user story, and provides details of the INVEST criteria that can be used to determine if the story is meeting all of its objectives. Next Mike gives an in depth discussion of who user stories are written for and where to begin when gathering the details for them. The book then discusses acceptance testing user stories, including how to go about specifying these criteria and the responsibilities of the development team and customers during this process.