ITPEC FE Subject A April 2025 Question 40
Which of the following is an appropriate explanation of a Sprint in the Scrum methodology?
Explanation
A fixed-length period for developing a product increment — the Sprint is the time box that everything else in Scrum happens inside.
A Sprint has a fixed length of one month or less, typically one to four weeks, and the next one starts as soon as the previous one ends. Within it the team plans the work (Sprint Planning), meets every day (Daily Scrum), builds a usable Increment, and closes with the Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective. The length is not stretched to fit the work.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) — the daily meeting to review progress and plan the day is the Daily Scrum, one event inside a Sprint
- •(c) — a self-organizing team responsible for product development is the Scrum Team (its Developers): people, not a time period
- •(d) — the list of features and work not yet done is the Product Backlog, the input to Sprint Planning
Key rule: Sort Scrum terms by kind: the Sprint is a time box, the Daily Scrum is an event, the Scrum Team is people, and the backlogs are artifacts.
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