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Length of a scrum project

Last post 06:57 pm May 16, 2017 by Ian Mitchell
6 replies
02:02 pm May 14, 2017

I have found this question in a test and am unsure what is right: What can be the length of a scrum project? 

  • One Year 
  • One Sprint 
  • None of above 
  • whatever is needed 
  • Two Weeks 
  • All of above

Thank you for your support on this!


02:32 pm May 15, 2017

What do you think is the correct answer and why?


03:57 pm May 15, 2017

I am really unsure! Time should not be too long to develop as the need could have gone, so I would not go for 1 year. it cannot be fix as user experiences that need to be fulfilled will be different. So always 2 weeks or 1 sprint should not be right either. 1 Sprint is fixed as well and doesn't apply either. 

Non of them?


08:10 am May 16, 2017

Have a read of the Scrum Guide http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

There are a few key things in there that should help you grasp the question and the answer.  For example, A Product Backlog is never complete.

 


04:48 pm May 16, 2017

If the question is "What can be the length of a scrum project?", then perhaps a better way to word the question would be to break it up:

  • Can a project be a single sprint?
  • Can a project consist of multiple sprints?

Although I do also want to point out that having "None of the Above" placed above "All of the Above" is poor test formatting, which may confuse ESL test takers.


05:03 pm May 16, 2017

I would highly question any testing source that believes there are such things as Scrum projects.

 

As stated already in this thread, a Product Backlog is a living, evolving entity.   Projects inherently have a beginning and an end; therefore, projects do not apply when discussing Scrum.


06:57 pm May 16, 2017

Scrum is agnostic about the concept of a project. A Sprint might be a project to a Scrum Team.

It would be fairest to say that Scrum does not prescribe the use of "projects", or otherwise utilize them as a vehicle for delivery.


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