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>> Reducing the scope of the sprint to something that should be very easy to deliver on

Are you telling them to reduce scope or working with them to take some of the work away? Try the latter, ensure they have ownership over the reduction and that the reduction is not prescribed.

>> Daily 1:1 10 minute meetings with each seemed to be a burden on a everyone and didn't lead to productive conversations. * 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.

In the standups, you may need to probe to understand what they actually accomplished and whether they are on track to finish the sprint.