Events and Timeboxes Flashcards
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A Scrum Team is planning their work for a one-month Sprint. According to the Scrum Guide, what is the maximum amount of time the Sprint Planning event should take?
Answer: 8 hours
The Scrum Guide states that Sprint Planning is timeboxed to a maximum of eight hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter, but 8 hours is the maximum limit for a one-month Sprint.
A team with two-week Sprints consistently finds their Daily Scrum taking 30 minutes as they engage in detailed technical problem-solving. What is the primary issue with this approach according to the Scrum framework?
Answer: The event is exceeding its 15-minute timebox and is being used for more than its intended purpose.
The Daily Scrum is strictly timeboxed to 15 minutes, regardless of the Sprint's length. Its purpose is for the Developers to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt their plan for the day, not to be a deep problem-solving session. Such detailed discussions should happen after the Daily Scrum among the relevant team members.
Which of the following Scrum events is specifically designed for the Scrum Team to inspect itself and create a plan for improvements to be enacted during the next Sprint?
Answer: The Sprint Retrospective
The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness by inspecting how the last Sprint went regarding individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and the Definition of Done. The output is a plan for implementing improvements in the upcoming Sprint.
A Scrum Team is conducting a Sprint Review for their three-week Sprint. After 3.5 hours, the Product Owner is still demonstrating functionality and key stakeholders have started to leave. According to the Scrum Guide, what is the primary problem here?
Answer: The event has exceeded its proportional timebox for a three-week Sprint.
The Sprint Review has a maximum timebox of 4 hours for a one-month Sprint. For shorter Sprints, the event is usually shorter. For a three-week Sprint, the proportional timebox would be a maximum of 3 hours. Exceeding this timebox indicates an issue with the event's execution.
For a Scrum Team conducting a one-month Sprint, what are the maximum timeboxes for the Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective, respectively?
Answer: 4 hours and 3 hours
For a one-month Sprint, the Sprint Review is timeboxed to a maximum of four hours, and the Sprint Retrospective is timeboxed to a maximum of three hours. These durations are proportionally shorter for shorter Sprints.
Which statement provides the MOST accurate description of a timebox in Scrum?
Answer: A timebox is a maximum amount of time for an event, but the event can end sooner if its purpose is achieved.
A timebox is a maximum duration, not a fixed or minimum one. It creates focus and minimizes waste. Once the purpose of a Scrum event is achieved, the event concludes, even if there is time remaining in the timebox.