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Does anyone have a recommendation on how to record daily scrums and retrospectives rather than just box notes?

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amy schneider project manager| ibm White Plains, Ny, United States
Does anyone have a recommendation on how to record daily scrums and retrospectives rather than just box notes?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Amy -

A daily scrum shouldn't require any type of formal documentation. If there are any actions related to a specific work item which emerge, those can be captured in the journal notes for that work item (or if using a physical work board attached to the work item as a sticky note).

For retros, if you are using a virtual information management tool such as Confluence, you could have a Wiki page per retro with the improvement ideas identified. Given that the other discussions within a retro are "by the team, for the team", I'd hesitate to have anything further documented.

Kiron
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
Amy,

in addition to Kiron.

It is always good to use visualisation, e.g. a whiteboard when f2f or an electronic tool when you are remote. You can capture this and store it away.

Some use video recording in virtual environments, might be critical in GDPR work environments, regarding privacy. Also it may inhibit open discussion. For me it is better to document results not disputes.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
The documentation each ones consider the best to stay clear about what next.
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David Portas London, United Kingdom
Daily scrums sometimes include an element of backlog refinement. That's something you should be able to accomplish in whatever collaboration / backlog management tools you use, so it may just be worth viewing the backlog on screen during the scrum.

For retrospectives take a look at: https://www.retrospected.com/

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