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What is Sprint Backlog

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
A subset of the product backlog items that are being developed in a scrum project. Sprint: A scrum development cycle that ends with operational code.
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Scrum Software Development Methodology
Ruth Guthrie (California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch719
Abstract
Scrum is a software development methodology that is growing in popularity. It is an agile development technique that allows user requirements to change throughout the development of the project. Scrum is often described as appropriate for small development programs with high uncertainty of requirements. This article describes scrum methodology at a high level. The advantages and disadvantages of adopting scrum methodology are reviewed. Impediments to adopting scrum and remedies are also discussed.
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Agile Scrum
Contains the user stories from the product backlog that will be addressed in the sprint. The development team defines detailed tasks to complete these items and estimates time and resources for these tasks during the sprint planning meeting. Sprint backlog items are sometimes sized to be completed in a few hours. The sprint backlog items are kept at a fine level of granularity to facilitate completion before the next scrum meeting.
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