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CONCEPT CARD #4
The Four/Five Scrum Ceremonies/Events
At Sprint Planning, the entire team works collaboratively to agree on what the Sprint will deliver. During that meeting, team members develop an ad hoc plan on how to achieve the Sprint goal. While the Scrum framework defines time-boxed events, it also encourages team members to embrace planning, work at it collaboratively, and revisit and redraft a plan whenever essential changes are required to re-align the team effort.
The Daily Stand-up Meeting covers status and impediments. It is strictly time-boxed to 15 minutes. The meeting aims at improving communication and is a critical component of the Scrum philosophy to adapt and inspect continuously. This Scrum ceremony is typically internal to the entire Development Team. The presence of Team members is mandatory, and the Scrum Master facilitates the meeting. The event may trigger additional re-planning and further detailed discussion that will occur just after with involved team members.
At the Sprint Review, the Scrum team reviews what was developed – the potentially shippable product increment. This event is also time-boxed; it is set for 2 hours for a 2-week sprint. The development team demonstrates their results and communicates about trade-offs made and how the problems were solved during Sprint. The Product Owner and key Stakeholders present can react and talk about the increment produced and share market trends information. The meeting is also looking into planning and refining the Product Backlog and what will be developed next.
The Sprint Retrospective focuses on how the product was developed and what improvements the team can make to their working. The Scrum master facilitates positive communication to generate ideas and practical solutions. Team members work collaboratively to select top-voted items that will be incorporated in the next Sprint. These meetings are critical to the healthy growth of the Scrum team.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Scrum Myths: There is No Planning in Scrum
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/scrum-myths-there-no-planning-scrum
Daily Stand-up Meeting
https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#events-daily
Sprint Review Canvas
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/inspiring-product-development-sprint-review-canvas
How to Run an Agile Retrospective Meeting with Examples
https://www.atlassian.com/team-playbook/plays/retrospective
Preview of topics you can expect to find on a quiz
- Do you find retrospectives useful in your organization?
- What could make them more effective?
- Three questions are typically asked during the Daily scrum meeting, what are they?
- The Scrum Guides provides eight elements to consider for the Sprint Review. Can you list them?
- Often referenced as an event, the Sprint can be seen as a fifth event. Do you agree?
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