These are questions you can ask during each type of Scrum event to help guide the meeting and ensure it’s productive:

Sprint Planning

• What did we learn at the sprint review and retrospective?
• What is at the top of the product backlog?
• How much product backlog can we complete in the upcoming sprint?
• What outside help will we need to succeed with our plans?
• What’s the most significant risk that may prevent us from completing this sprint?

Daily Standup

• Are we on track with the sprint goal?
• Are we working on the essential items?
• Do we have any new requests?
• What do we still need to learn in this sprint?
• Have we identified any unknown risks?

Sprint Review

• What questions do you have?
• How would you use this product?
• What’s your favourite feature or characteristic of this product?
• What do you hate about this product?
• How can we improve future sprint reviews?

Sprint Retrospective

• What did we do well?
• What didn’t go well?
• What have we learned?
• Does anyone have an “appreciation” to share with another team member?
• Are we in agreement on what action items we will take from this sprint retrospective into the upcoming sprint planning?