>Reducing the scope of the sprint to something that should be very easy to deliver on (Parkinson's law got us) By setting the scope, you will always lead into

>Reducing the scope of the sprint to something that should be very easy to deliver on (Parkinson's law got us) By setting the scope, you will always lead into this. >Daily 1:1 10 minute meetings with each seemed to be a burden on a everyone and didn't lead to productive conversations. Never works. 10 minute meeting will at best disrupt an hour of their time. You already had a problem with delivering; you just lost an hour each day * 3. The other issue is that it assumes the conversation each day goes correctly. For example I had a micromanager boss who would regularly insult people at the morning meeting. That eliminates the entire day of productivity for the insulted person. >Creating a rigid structure for the daily standup (Usually a ~5 minute meeting) but people seem to indicate everything is fine until 3-4 days before the end of the sprint. What they usually end up being is that everyone says everything is fine and on schedule and the 1 person who takes it seriously ends up being interrogated everyday. Which makes everyone else not want to talk. >For a young, scrappy, startup (we're under a year old) I'm struggling to understand if it's an issue of motivation, organization, team, or there are just some fundamental things that need to be fixed. The knowledge you need is >100 years old. Possibly older. You aren't ready for this fix. Everyone on the team wants to contribute but it sounds like you're setting scope with this 1 other person. The not junior person. You have yourself a Brent(pheonix project). You cant have healthy competition with that team. You can't have titles. You cant have metrics. You can't set early deadlines; if you cant meet them now, you certainly cant meet them if their shorter. You're not ready for individual teams or isolation. You must start with fixing the team by creating a team. Team building is a big field and depends on personality of the team. Mastery, Autonomy, and Purpose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc