What is a sprint?

• A. An increment of time to develop user stories, usually 2 weeks long
• B. An independent unit of work
• C. None
• D. A team of people involved in delivering a project

Answer: (A)

A sprint is a fixed, time-boxed period in Scrum during which the team plans, builds, and delivers a potentially shippable increment of the product. It establishes a regular cadence, with a typical duration of about two weeks (though it can be shorter or longer as long as it stays consistent). The focus is on completing a chosen set of backlog items within that window, and it includes the usual ceremonies: planning, daily progress checks, a review of the delivered increment, and a retrospective to improve. This description aligns with the idea of a sprint being an increment of time to develop user stories, rather than a unit of work, a team, or nothing at all.