Chapter 6
The Sprint
The heart of Scrum is the Sprint—a timebox of one month or less during which a done, usable, and releasable product Increment is created. Sprints have consistent durations throughout a development effort. A new Sprint starts immediately after the conclusion of the previous Sprint. Sprints consist of Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, the development work, Product Backlog refinement, the Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective.
Sprints are limited to one calendar month. When a Sprint’s horizon is too long, the definition of what is being built may change, complexity may rise, and risk may increase. Sprints enable predictability by ensuring inspection and adaptation of progress toward a Sprint Goal at least every calendar ...
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