Jason Yip has a great post at Martin Fowler.com about making sure the ‘daily scrum’ is productive. One of the key concepts in his post centers around focusing on three things:

  • What did I accomplish yesterday?
  • What are my obstacles?
  • What do I intend on accomplishing today?

Another key concept focuses on the need to build shared commitment. All these items make a ton of sense, but the hard part is implementing them consistently. We had tried to do this at Judy’s Book, but had let them lapse. His post inspired me to try and start them up again. We’re in a critical phase of our business and need to make sure we are executing as efficiently as possible. I think implementing some of these ideas will help us achieve that.