Who must attend the Daily Scrum?

The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event specifically for the Developers of the Scrum Team. The official Scrum Guide states this event is for the Developers to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and create an actionable plan for the next day of work. They are the only mandatory participants. While the Product Owner or Scrum Master may attend, their presence is not required. If they are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog, they participate as Developers. The responsibility for conducting the Daily Scrum rests solely with the Developers.

A. The Scrum Master and Product Owner's attendance is not mandatory; the event is for the Developers.
C. The Product Owner's attendance is not mandatory. The event is owned and run by the Developers.
D. The Scrum Team includes the Product Owner and Scrum Master, whose attendance is not required.
E. The Scrum Master's attendance is not mandatory. They ensure the event happens but do not have to participate. ---

1. Schwaber

K.

& Sutherland

J. (2020). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org. Page 9. "The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team."

2. Schwaber

K.

& Sutherland

J. (2017). The Scrum Guide. Scrum.org. Page 11. "The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute time-boxed event for the Development Team... The Daily Scrum is an internal meeting for the Development Team. If others are present

the Scrum Master ensures that they do not disrupt the meeting."

3. Verwijs

C.

& Russo

D. (2022). A Theory of Scrum. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7054134. Page 10. "The Daily Scrum is an event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. They are the only mandatory participants."

4. Deemer

P.

Benefield

G.

Larman

C.

& Vodde

B. (2012). The Scrum Primer. Version 2.0. Page 10. "Who attends? The Development Team. The ScrumMaster makes sure the Development Team has the meeting. The Product Owner is not required to attend

but often does."