Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What is a Daily Scrum and what is its goal?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**A Daily Scrum (daily stand-up)** is a short daily meeting of the development team, held every day of the sprint at the same time and lasting no more than 15 minutes. **Key point:** its goal is to synchronize the team's work, spot obstacles, and make sure everyone is moving toward the same goal - the Sprint Goal.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)Image**A Daily Scrum (daily stand-up)** is a short daily meeting of the development team, held **every day of the sprint at the same time** and lasting no more than **15 minutes**. Its goal is to **synchronize the team's work**, spot obstacles, and make sure everyone is moving toward the same goal, the **Sprint Goal**. --- ### Main goal The Daily Scrum is not there for reporting to a manager, but for the team itself. It helps to: - understand **how close the team is to reaching the sprint goal**; - **coordinate actions** - who is working on what, where there are overlaps or blockers; - **catch problems early**, to resolve them before they affect the outcome. In essence, it is a daily mini-planning meeting that keeps the team in rhythm and transparent. --- ### Meeting format The standard meeting structure answers three questions: 1. **What did I do yesterday to bring the team closer to the Sprint Goal?** 2. **What am I going to do today?** 3. **Is there anything blocking me from moving forward?** These questions help quickly see progress and spot risks. If problems are found, they are discussed **after** the Daily Scrum, the meeting does not turn into a long discussion. --- ### Participants - **The development team (Developers)** - the main participants; - **The Scrum Master** - makes sure the meeting follows the rules and helps remove obstacles; - **The Product Owner** may be present but does not interfere - the meeting is not for prioritization, but for coordinating the team's actions. The Daily Scrum is held standing up (hence "stand-up"), to keep energy and brevity. --- ### What matters for effectiveness - It is held **at the same time and place** - this builds a rhythm. - Everyone speaks only to the point, without discussing implementation details. - The team keeps a visual tracker (a Kanban board or Scrum board) and updates task statuses right during the meeting. - If a discussion comes up that needs more time, it is taken offline after the stand-up. --- ### Example **Yesterday:** finished the integration with the payments API. **Today:** will start testing the module. **Problems:** the test environment server is unstable, need help from DevOps. --- ### Conclusion **The Daily Scrum** is a tool for team self-management, not control. It helps everyone understand *what the team as a whole is doing*, *what is blocking progress*, and *where to go next*, so that every day brings the product closer to achieving the sprint goal.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.