Working practice
Sprint
A fixed period of work ending in something you can look at.
Definition
A time-boxed iteration, usually one or two weeks, at the end of which the team produces working software and reviews it. The fixed length is the point: it forces scope to adjust to time rather than time stretching to fit scope.
Why it matters
For outsourced work the review at the end matters more than the ceremony around it. If you cannot see and use something at the end of each sprint, you have monthly reporting with sprint vocabulary attached, which tells you nothing until it is too late.
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Velocity
How much work a team completes per iteration, used for forecasting.
Read the definition ›Retrospective
A regular review of how the work went, not what was delivered.
Read the definition ›Definition of done
The written standard a piece of work has to meet before it counts.
Read the definition ›Managed delivery
The provider owns the outcome, not just the people.
Read the definition ›Next step
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