When you’re getting started with Scrum, one of the first things you are going to want to do (other than understand the 4 values of the Agile Manifesto, the 12 principles behind it and the 5 Scrum core values ) is to set up your Scrum events in your team calendar.
So today, let’s explore when you could run them in a typical 2 week Sprint, and the reasons behind that.
Recap of Scrum events
Before we get into when to put the events into a Sprint, here’s a recap of the 4 Scrum events that the Sprint encompasses:
- Daily Scrum every day (15 mins max)
- Sprint Review once per sprint (2 hours max)
- Sprint Retrospective once per sprint (2 hours max)
- Sprint Planning once per sprint (4 hours max)
And optionally…
- Product Backlog Refinement as a group (1 hour per week)
I find it useful to get some time together as a team to perform group Product Backlog Refinement — but in practice, this is an activity that also happens throughout the Sprint.