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Demonstrating the sprint review

Demonstrating the sprint review

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Demonstrating the sprint review

- At the end of a sprint the team schedules a review of the product. The team will show everything they've accomplished in the last two weeks. This is sometimes called the sprint review. It's also commonly called the demo. It's a double edge sword to call this activity a demo. On the one hand you're much more likely to get everyone to attend. A demo sounds far more alluring than a review. On the other hand, you don't want to give the stakeholders the idea that they just need to sit and watch. In larger organizations a demonstration is usually a slide deck describing the product. In a Sprint demo the Agile team takes the customer through a working deliverable. It's not a presentation, it's a real-time tour of the product. I've seen many teams that are uncomfortable demonstrating working software to stakeholders. The team would prefer to develop software in a lab, then they'll put screenshots on a slide deck. It's…

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