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Discussion on: Time to change how we do Stand-Ups

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Craig Nicol (he/him)

I know scrum masters, particularly those new to it, can be wary of confrontation, but that's when team rules can really help. Then it's not about that person Vs the SM.

People keep going off topic? Anyone can cough and ask for the conversation too be taken offline. The SM needs to support them however. Or set a timer. Everyone gets 1m or less.

Everyone is late, hold it 5 minutes after the coffee run. Everyone stops for coffee.

There's techniques for everything, but they're all more effective if people know what they are in advance, to help the team police themselves.