5 collocation exercises on sprint planning and ceremony verbs.
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At the start of each sprint, the whole team gathers to ___ the upcoming two weeks of work.
To plan the sprint means to select stories from the backlog, agree on a sprint goal, and commit to the work for the iteration. Plan is the standard agile verb, behind "sprint planning" and "planning poker." Set up, arrange out, and schedule in are informal or imprecise. Scrum teams "plan the sprint on Monday mornings," so plan the sprint is the correct collocation for the formal ceremony of selecting and committing to an iteration's scope.
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The team will ___ to delivering the two critical features by the end of the sprint.
To commit to delivering means to make a formal sprint-level agreement to complete specific work. Commit is the standard agile term, as in "sprint commitment" and "the team committed to 34 points." Promise out, agree over, and pledge up are informal or overly formal. Teams say "commit to the sprint goal at planning," so commit to delivering is the correct collocation for the agile act of agreeing on what will be done in an iteration.
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At the end of the sprint, the team will ___ their completed work to stakeholders at the sprint review.
To demo completed work means to demonstrate it live to stakeholders to gather feedback. Demo is the precise agile term, as in "sprint demo" and "demo the feature." Show off, present up, and display through are informal or not idiomatic. Scrum teams "demo the new features to the product owner at the review," so demo the work is the correct collocation for the live demonstration of completed sprint output.
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The Scrum Master will facilitate the sprint ___ to inspect the process and identify one improvement to make.
A sprint retrospective is the agile ceremony in which the team reflects on how they worked — not what they built — and agrees on process improvements. Retrospective (often "retro") is the precise Scrum term, as in "run a retro" and "retrospective action items." Review is a different ceremony focused on the product; lookback and recheck are not standard terms. Teams "hold a retrospective at the end of every sprint," so sprint retrospective is the correct collocation for the team-improvement ceremony.
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The team lead will ___ the sprint with stakeholders to confirm acceptance of all delivered stories.
To review the sprint means to hold the sprint review ceremony, demonstrating completed work and gathering feedback. Review is the precise Scrum term, as in "sprint review meeting" and "review the increment." Check over, inspect out, and approve through are informal. Scrum teams "review the sprint output with the product owner each Friday," so review the sprint is the correct collocation for the structured inspection of the sprint increment by the team and stakeholders.