Participants
So who all is involved in the stand-up meeting, and how does their presence benefit developers? First and foremost, all of the developers on the Scrum team attend the stand-up meeting. Having every developer convene at the same place each day gives constant communication. Instead of having to directly ask each other through chat messages or emails, everybody gets the same information at once. This reduces the necessity to tell the same thing to several different people as they ask individually.
In addition to the developers, other roles on the Scrum team are present at the stand-up meeting. Analysts and quality assurance technicians are involved, and answer the big 3 questions from their perspective as well. Often, this gives developers an idea of what to expect about their finished code. They don’t have to wonder if their tasks have yet to be tested, or if they just managed to write code without any errors. Each role gives updates, and ask testers to clear code, developers get an idea of whether they will need to fix problems with what they created.
Finally, the Scrum Master leads the stand-up meeting. One benefit of the Scrum Master’s presence in order. Instead of floundering around to get through the meeting, the Scrum Master guides the meeting. This reduces the total amount of time spent in the stand-up meeting. Also, the Scrum Master is responsible having issues fixed. Instead of forcing developers or other roles to seek out answers, the Scrum Master allows developers to do their own work and searches for answers themselves. This maintains efficiency while preventing slowdowns from the problems that crop up.
The daily stand-up meeting is a valuable piece of Agile software development. Especially for developers, it gives a huge amount of regularly updated information. This makes the rest of the day run more smoothly and reduces problems that come up because of a lack of communication.
Recommended Further Reading
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