Sprint

A sprint is a fixed-duration time period, typically one to four weeks, during which a development team works to complete a defined set of tasks selected from the product backlog. Sprints provide predictable delivery cadences, regular feedback opportunities, and measurable progress in agile development methodologies like Scrum.

Each sprint begins with planning where the team commits to deliverables based on estimated capacity. Progress is tracked in daily standups. The sprint concludes with a review demonstrating completed work to stakeholders, and a retrospective for process improvements. For web development teams, sprints create accountability and prevent scope creep by forcing prioritization at regular intervals, providing natural points for deploying to production and gathering user feedback on shipped features.