Scrum Activities

Scrum consists of several key activities that are essential to the process:

1. Sprint Planning Meeting

• Determines what work will be done in the sprint and how it will be achieved.
• The team discusses deliverables based on estimates, capacity, and past performance.
• Output: Sprint backlog (list of tasks for the sprint).

2. The Sprint

• A timeboxed iteration (1-4 weeks) to build a potentially releasable product.
• Includes daily scrum, actual development work, sprint review, and retrospective.
• No changes should be made during the sprint to ensure stability.
• Team members should remain the same throughout the sprint.

3. Daily Scrum (Standup Meeting)

• A 15-minute timeboxed meeting for synchronization and planning the next 24 hours.
• Conducted at the same time and place every day.
• Three key questions:
  • What did you do yesterday?
  • What will you do today?
  • Are there any impediments?

4. Sprint Review Meeting

• Occurs at the end of the sprint.
• Team demonstrates completed work to stakeholders.
• Gathers feedback and discusses improvements.
• Timeboxed to one hour per week of sprint.

5. Sprint Retrospective

• Held at the end of the sprint.
• Team reflects on lessons learned and process improvements.
• Questions discussed:
  • What went well?
  • What went wrong?
  • What should we do more of?
  • What should we do less of?