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Stand up meeting is very important for an agile team as it allows the team to communicate, collaborate, and make future work plans. Many new agile team members may need to understand the meaning of daily stand up meetings. Which of the following is the most important thing that an agile practitioner should keep in mind for an effective daily stand up meeting?
A. Every team member should take part in the daily stand up meeting; it will help to keep the meeting short
B. Daily stand up meeting helps to make sure that none of the team members have any doubt about the deliverables and the performance of the team is intact
C. Daily stand up meeting is a short meeting only for 15 minutes; no one can leave the meeting until the discussion is over
D. Daily stand up meeting should be well-structured and shortChoice D is the correct answer.
The daily meeting is used in the different agile methodologies. In the Scrum, it is known as a daily meeting and timeboxed to 15 minutes while in eXtreme Programming (XP), it is known as a daily stand up meeting and timeboxed to 5 minutes. Generally, the daily meeting is a short meeting held daily at the same time, to keep everyone up-to-date about the vital information regarding the project. Team members discuss three questions during the daily meeting. The daily stand up meeting should be well-structured to get the answer to these questions but short.
What did you do since last daily standup meeting?
What are you planning to do today?
What are the risks/problems you are facing?Option A is incorrect. It is recommended that every team member should take part in the daily stand up meeting, but it’s not related to the duration of daily stand up meeting short. Also, it’s not the most important be kept in mind for the effective daily stand up meeting.
Option B is incorrect. Daily stand up meeting involves the discussion on three questions. One question is about the impediments i.e. risks and issues that any team member have. It helps to deal with risks and ensures that team performance is intact. But it doesn’t make the daily stand up meeting effective.
Option C is incorrect. The duration of daily stand up meeting varies in different agile methodologies. As in the question, the term used is daily stand up, it signifies that the XP methodology is being used. In XP, the daily stand up meeting should have the duration of maximum of 5 minutes. Rather, we can’t be ensured about the duration as the methodology has not been specified.
Option D is correct. The daily standup meeting should be short, it is true. Also, it should be well-structured, such that the team members should be focused on answering the three questions. So, it’s the most important point that specifies the effective daily stand up meeting.
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