Yes, they do but it depends on the context. In my previous company (web agency) they were solving several issues at the same time:
- Project Manager (Proxy Product Owner) is communicating with the client on a daily basis and is getting some important updates about the progress of the Sprint;
- if there are some unexpected developments (for example, some User Stories appeared to be more complex) the Team and the PO can make a decision about it together, discuss various options, etc;
- the distributed team has a chance to see each other (we were encouraging video calls via Google Meet).
However, there are some certain rules which should be followed in order to make Daily Scrums effective:
- video (or at least audio) conferences for distributed teams – it can actually be slower to have this meeting via Slack;
- they must be timeboxed (15 minutes max);
- stay pragmatic about what you are discussing and ask the feedback of your team about it.
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Yes, they do but it depends on the context. In my previous company (web agency) they were solving several issues at the same time:
- Project Manager (Proxy Product Owner) is communicating with the client on a daily basis and is getting some important updates about the progress of the Sprint;
- if there are some unexpected developments (for example, some User Stories appeared to be more complex) the Team and the PO can make a decision about it together, discuss various options, etc;
- the distributed team has a chance to see each other (we were encouraging video calls via Google Meet).
However, there are some certain rules which should be followed in order to make Daily Scrums effective:
- video (or at least audio) conferences for distributed teams – it can actually be slower to have this meeting via Slack;
- they must be timeboxed (15 minutes max);
- stay pragmatic about what you are discussing and ask the feedback of your team about it.