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You can't. That's part of the intention of scrum. No deviating developers without prior permission.

There is no mention of permission in scrum. There is no event where you discuss if people had permission to do what they did.

You might be using scrum in an organisation that is otherwise overly restrictive or has build it's own processes around how to seek permission prior to implementation but that has nothing to do with scrum.

What did you do yesterday? (Also their next question is somewhere arround why didn't you finish it) What are you doing today? (That sounds like scope creep) Are there any blockers? (Let me give you my unsolicited advice)

If you're in a toxic team, maybe. I have found it to be the minimal useful script for daily updates because it 1) quickly updates the team on changes, 2) quickly heads off duplicated work and misunderstandings, and 3) provides a fast channel to get someone help.

Yes, and it must be stapled by the manager, senior executive vice-president and head of compliance.

How very agile.

Scrum is very clear on this. The PO is in charge of the product backlog. The PO and PO only. If the business has some internal alignment she needs to go through then fine, but the development team doesn't have to care about that, which is great when it works and roles are respected.

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