Daily Scrum with AI – Facilitation Checklist
Purpose: Enhance your Daily Scrum with AI support while preserving human connection, team autonomy, and psychological safety.
Before the Daily Scrum
- Tools: Standuply, Geekbot, DailyBot, ChatGPT Custom GPT
- Pre-Standup AI Check-in Activated
- Previous Day Summary Generated
- Blocked Items Highlighted
- Team Mood Pulse Collected
A pre-summary visible to team members before the daily scrum.
During the Daily Scrum
- Tool: Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom ai
- AI Transcription Active (with consent)
- AI as a Silent Observer (for pattern tracking)
Live summary of async team members.
After the Daily Scrum
- Tool: Otter.ai, Fireflies.ai, Fathom ai, Slack GPT, Notion AI, DailyBot
- Standup Summary Auto-Sent
- Emerging Trends Logged
Scrum Master Guidelines for Responsible AI Use
- Check-in regularly: “How do you feel about using this tool in our daily scrum?”
- Opt out: Any team member can request to pause AI-based tools for a session
- Review quarterly: Is the tool still serving the team’s purpose? Or adding complexity?
Ethical & Psychological Considerations
| S.No. | Concern | How to Mitigate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loss of Psychological Safety - Team members may feel “watched” or “judged” by AI sentiment analysis or transcript tools. | Get explicit consent for AI tools. Use anonymous inputs. |
| 2 | Reduced Open Communication - Team may censor themselves if AI is analyzing language or tone. | Clarify that AI is not used for performance evaluation. |
| 3 | Over-automation - Scrum Master may rely too heavily on AI instead of active listening and human facilitation. | Use AI for pattern support, not as a replacement for team dialogue. |
| 4 | Decreased Team Collaboration - Async updates via bots may lead to disengaged or isolated team members. | Balance async check-ins with regular live conversations. |
| 5 | Trust in Data Over People - AI-generated blockers or summaries may override lived team experience. | Always validate AI insights with team consensus. |
| 6 | Privacy and Data Storage - AI tools may store transcripts or emotional data on external servers. | Use secure, enterprise-grade tools with proper access controls. |
| 7 | Human Touch is Diminished - The warmth of eye contact, humor, or silence may be lost when AI dominates facilitation. | Keep the human-to-human tone central, AI is a co-pilot, not the pilot. |
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