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4) Sprint Review

During a sprint review, the team present what they have accomplished during the sprint. They demonstrate the functionality of the product increment to the Product Owner and customer. The purpose of the sprint review is to get feedback from everyone on the product increment. After the feedback is shared, the next set of product backlog items can be discussed.

Let everyone provide feedback and suggest new ideas

Make changes to the product backlog when necessary

Don’tUse the sprint review as a signoff or user acceptance meeting

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Don’t forget to focus on the end users. Make sure to fully involve them during the sprint review. It may seem difficult collaborating with your customers because of the fear of making changes or hearing criticism, but it is easier to hear everything sooner rather than later.

5) Sprint RetrospectiveDuring a sprint retrospective, the team evaluate the whole sprint. The two main questions that are asked are “what went well?” and “what can be improved in the next sprint?”Do

Make a list of what to start, stop, and continue

Point fingers or blame. Try to be constructive instead

Get creative! Play games and keep people moving. Engage in mentally stimulating activities and help to break down tension

6) Product increment

The product increment is the output of all the product backlog items completed during the sprint (plus any previous sprints). It must be fully functional, in a useable condition and meet the allocated acceptance criteria or definition of done. The Product Owner decides whether to release the product increment.Interim delivery

During an interim delivery, the product increment is tested by the customer. If the product is incomplete, the Development Team return to the product backlog to prepare for another sprint. This cycle repeats until all user stories are completed to the Product Owner’s satisfaction.

Remember what was discussed during the sprint retrospective and apply it to the next sprintDon’tDwell on past mistakes. Move on and learn from whatever went wrong during the previous sprint

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Practice makes perfect! If you are new to

, you might not get everything right at the beginning. Learning takes practice and the more you do, the better you will be at using the technique

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Final delivery

Completing a project takes several sprints. Once all the user stories are completed to the Product Owner’s satisfaction, the product is ready for final delivery to the customer.Hopefully this has been a useful guide to the