Ria is a new scrum master and she has trained , certified as a scrum master. When she starts facilitating stand up meetings, the meeting always run over. Team starts discussion and hence they are not able to finish it within 15 min. Team tells her that without these discussions, the stand up is not useful and hence it is important to have these discussions. She is confused as she also thinks discussions about the work /tasks taken up by the team is helpful but she understands the importance of 15 min timebox. How can we help her ?
Leadership, Communication; Culture
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Great solution- Usually leadership knows and articulates what needs to be accomplished within the timeframe . Where they usually lack is understanding of specific Vs generic skills needed to accomplish the work. Mostly, keeping specific skills low on bar ( cross train associates on specific skills to make them generic in system). Usually, 5-7 members of team size is best to manage work and also cross train each other to address knowledge and skill gaps.