Scrum Sprint: An Introductory Video Series (Part 13)
This article is a summary of a YouTube video "Part 13 An Introductory Video Series to Scrum: The Sprint" by Scrum.org
TLDR The sprint is a container for continuous improvement in scrum, with frequent inspection and adaptation events to monitor progress towards the product goal and minimize risk.
Key insights
🔄
The sprint is a container for the four formal inspect and adapt events, emphasizing the importance of continuous improvement in scrum.
🔄
Frequent inspection and adaptation in the sprint ensures consistent monitoring of progress towards the product goal.
💰
Shorter sprints can help minimize the risk of lost capital, as the maximum amount of investment wasted is limited to one sprint's worth.
🔄
The sprint goal should not be changed during the sprint, as it is a commitment made by the scrum team to deliver value.
🌟
During the sprint, the scrum team collaborates to make the product backlog more transparent, improving the visibility, accessibility, and understanding of future work.
🔄
The daily scrum, sprint review, and sprint retrospective are formal inspect and adapt opportunities that bring empiricism to life and form the backbone of the scrum framework.