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Iteration

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˌɪtəˈreɪʃən/nounCommon term

In project management, iteration means: One short, repeated cycle of planning, building, testing and reviewing, after which the product is improved based on what was learned.

In Turkish: iterasyon, yineleme, döngü

How it is used

A general agile word; in Scrum, an iteration is called a sprint. The adjective iterative describes an approach that improves a product step by step: an iterative approach, iterative development.

Example sentences

  1. We'll release a basic version first and add features in each iteration.

  2. After three iterations, the users finally said the dashboard was easy to use.

Common collocations

  • next iteration
  • iterative approach
  • iteration length
  • in each iteration
  • sprintA short, fixed period, often two weeks and never longer than a month, in which a Scrum team completes an agreed set of work.
  • agileDescribes a way of managing work in short cycles, delivering small usable parts often and changing the plan based on regular feedback.
  • retrospectiveA regular team meeting at the end of a sprint or project to discuss what went well, what did not and what to change in the next cycle.
  • hybrid approachA way of running a project that mixes traditional, plan-driven methods with agile practices, for example a fixed overall plan with sprints for the software work.

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