Sprint Demo Stakeholder Language: English Collocations
Sprint demos are the moment when engineering teams make their work visible to stakeholders. From attending and presenting to walking the audience through features and gathering feedback, sprint reviews have a specific professional vocabulary. This exercise practises the collocations used by developers, scrum masters, and product owners in sprint review ceremonies.
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The product owner invited stakeholders from sales and marketing to ___ the sprint demo at the end of the iteration.
Attend the sprint demo is the standard Agile ceremony collocation — stakeholders are formally 'invited to attend' sprint demos as a structured review event. 'Join' is more casual; 'see' and 'watch' are too passive. 'Attend' implies that the demo is a scheduled, purposeful event at which stakeholder input is expected and valued.
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The developer was asked to ___ the new search feature to stakeholders using a live environment.
Demo the feature is the natural sprint review collocation — features are 'demoed' (demonstrated) to show working software to stakeholders. 'Showcase' is also used; 'present' is more formal; 'show' is informal. 'Demo' is the idiomatic verb in Agile teams for demonstrating a working feature in a sprint review or stakeholder meeting.
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The tech lead chose to ___ the audience through the new CI/CD pipeline configuration to highlight its business impact.
Walk the audience through is the standard demo and presentation collocation — presenters 'walk' their audience through a feature or process step by step. 'Guide' is also correct; 'take through' is informal; 'lead through' is less idiomatic. 'Walk through' is the natural phrase for a live, step-by-step demonstration in technical and product presentations.
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The scrum master reminded the team to ___ only the work that had met the definition of done in the sprint demo.
Showcase completed work is the precise sprint demo collocation — the demo 'showcases' finished increments to demonstrate value delivered. 'Present' is formal; 'show' is informal; 'include' focuses on selection. 'Showcase' is the standard Agile vocabulary for the deliberate, curated demonstration of completed work in a sprint review.
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The product manager used the sprint demo to ___ stakeholder feedback before the team moved into the next iteration.
Gather feedback is the natural sprint demo collocation — teams 'gather' feedback from stakeholders as an active, deliberate part of the review. 'Collect' is also used; 'receive' implies a passive process; 'get' is informal. 'Gather feedback' implies that the team is actively soliciting, capturing, and organising input to inform the next sprint.