My team is currently 14 members, the largest suggested/allowed for a Scrum Team. We have 5 more people starting in the next couple of months. I have broken them down to smaller teams, but several member's skills are required on all teams. They want single stand ups and other scrum meetings so all know what's going on. Does anyone else have this scenario and do you have any best practices that work for you that you can share? Saving Changes...
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Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
When I have teams that share resources, this is what I usually do:
Have two daily meetings: the standard 15 minute standup meeting held within each team, and a 15 minute Scrum of Scrums. The Ambassadors will conduct their Scrum of Scrums meeting as usual, but all the other team members will attend to listen in.
Also, I make all my teams’ work backlogs and burndown charts visible to the other teams, to help them keep abreast of each other’s work and progress.
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2 replies by Bonny Hennigan and Denise Canty
Mar 05, 2017 11:52 PM
Denise Canty
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Agree Eric with your answer. Multiple scrum teams are very challenging to manage but it can be done successfully.
Mar 07, 2017 7:33 PM
Bonny Hennigan
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Thanks to both of you (Eric, Denise) for the feedback. I had talked to the team about doing separate Stand ups with a weekly SoS before writing my question. A few liked the idea but the majority was not open to changing things. It seems the best answer to me, but I need the team's buy-in.
I'm expecting they will be more open to it once the additional people join the team. Last summer, with our summer hires, the stand up as one huge group got to be too much and we split it up until the summer folk left.
My biggest push back is from the individuals who's skills are needed on all the teams. They are not happy about having to attend multiple stand ups.
Again, thanks for the feedback.
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Denise CantyAgile Coach, Life Coach, Author, Senior Project-Program Manager| Cenden CompanyWashington, Dc, United States
Mar 05, 2017 8:52 PM
Replying to Eric Simms
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When I have teams that share resources, this is what I usually do:
Have two daily meetings: the standard 15 minute standup meeting held within each team, and a 15 minute Scrum of Scrums. The Ambassadors will conduct their Scrum of Scrums meeting as usual, but all the other team members will attend to listen in.
Also, I make all my teams’ work backlogs and burndown charts visible to the other teams, to help them keep abreast of each other’s work and progress.
Agree Eric with your answer. Multiple scrum teams are very challenging to manage but it can be done successfully.
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1 reply by Bonny Hennigan
Mar 07, 2017 7:33 PM
Bonny Hennigan
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Thanks to both of you (Eric, Denise) for the feedback. I had talked to the team about doing separate Stand ups with a weekly SoS before writing my question. A few liked the idea but the majority was not open to changing things. It seems the best answer to me, but I need the team's buy-in.
I'm expecting they will be more open to it once the additional people join the team. Last summer, with our summer hires, the stand up as one huge group got to be too much and we split it up until the summer folk left.
My biggest push back is from the individuals who's skills are needed on all the teams. They are not happy about having to attend multiple stand ups.
Again, thanks for the feedback.
When I have teams that share resources, this is what I usually do:
Have two daily meetings: the standard 15 minute standup meeting held within each team, and a 15 minute Scrum of Scrums. The Ambassadors will conduct their Scrum of Scrums meeting as usual, but all the other team members will attend to listen in.
Also, I make all my teams’ work backlogs and burndown charts visible to the other teams, to help them keep abreast of each other’s work and progress.
Thanks to both of you (Eric, Denise) for the feedback. I had talked to the team about doing separate Stand ups with a weekly SoS before writing my question. A few liked the idea but the majority was not open to changing things. It seems the best answer to me, but I need the team's buy-in.
I'm expecting they will be more open to it once the additional people join the team. Last summer, with our summer hires, the stand up as one huge group got to be too much and we split it up until the summer folk left.
My biggest push back is from the individuals who's skills are needed on all the teams. They are not happy about having to attend multiple stand ups.
Again, thanks for the feedback. Saving Changes...
Agree Eric with your answer. Multiple scrum teams are very challenging to manage but it can be done successfully.
Thanks to both of you (Eric, Denise) for the feedback. I had talked to the team about doing separate Stand ups with a weekly SoS before writing my question. A few liked the idea but the majority was not open to changing things. It seems the best answer to me, but I need the team's buy-in.
I'm expecting they will be more open to it once the additional people join the team. Last summer, with our summer hires, the stand up as one huge group got to be too much and we split it up until the summer folk left.
My biggest push back is from the individuals who's skills are needed on all the teams. They are not happy about having to attend multiple stand ups.
Again, thanks for the feedback. Saving Changes...
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