3. “I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather
strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tisthe
business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is
firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will
pursue their principles unto death.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
5. Common Problems with Sprint Review
• It’s the first time the Product Owner sees the use stories
• Using the meeting as a demo only
• Only user stories that are finished are demoed
• Its only used as a meeting to see what work has been completed
• All user stories are demoed
• The overall project or release plan is not discussed
• Its made mandatory for everyone
• The team only demos to the Product Owner
• The sprint backlog is not up to date
• Scrum Master leads the meeting or has too much control
• The product owner is not the decision maker
• Becomes boring and mundane
• Confusing the Review with the Retrospective, or the meetings are merged.
• Stakeholders expect work that wasn’t planned
• Estimates are considered as committed time frames
• Used as an excuse to point the finger or blame
• Product owner does not care about the product.
• The product owner may not actually care about the product, maybe he was assigned because of his knowledge or they are a
middle man for an actual stakeholder.
6. Prerequisites for Effective Sprint Review
Understand the purpose of it and what benefits it brings.
Preparation is key for this meeting.
Everyone should know what the definition of done is!
Each sprint review will be different, with different stakeholders and different
decisions to make, make sure you tailor your meetings for this. Have an agenda; the
meeting should be quite structured.
The Scrum Master should send out material before the meeting, information on the
sprint, how it went and some facts and figures to that everyone is on the same page.
The meeting requires a good facilitator, and the Scrum Master needs to ensure the
meeting stays on track and resolves any conflicts.
Make sure the meeting is not missed.
Try to make the meeting fun, this can help the general environment and actually
make people want to join the meeting.