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Scrum

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/skrʌm/nounCommon term

In software engineering, Scrum means: A popular agile framework in which a small team works in short, fixed periods called sprints, with set roles and regular meetings to plan and review the work.

In Turkish: Scrum, Scrum çerçevesi

How it is used

Its roles are the Product Owner, the Scrum Master and the developers; its events include sprint planning, the daily scrum, the sprint review and the retrospective. Teams say 'we do Scrum'. The name comes from rugby.

Example sentences

  1. We use Scrum with two-week sprints and a retrospective at the end of each one.

  2. Our Scrum Master makes sure the stand-up stays under fifteen minutes.

Common collocations

  • Scrum Master
  • Scrum team
  • daily scrum
  • Scrum framework
  • agileDescribing a way of working in short cycles, delivering small pieces often and changing plans based on feedback, instead of following one long fixed plan.
  • sprintA fixed period, usually one or two weeks, in which a team commits to finishing a chosen set of work items.
  • stand-upA short daily team meeting, often 15 minutes, where each person says what they did, what they will do next and whether anything is blocking them.
  • retrospectiveA meeting at the end of a sprint or project where the team talks about what went well, what went badly and what to change next time.

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