Is Iteration and Sprint Same?

Iteration is very similar to sprint, except iteration is a common noun. XP, or Extreme Programming, Scrum, and Scaled Agile Framework – they all use iterations. Scrum coined a special name for their iterations, namely 'Sprints'. In many organizations 'Iteration' and 'sprint' are used interchangeably.

How many sprints are in an iteration?

Its correct to say that an iteration can contains one or more sprint. For exampole we can have a sprint of a week ad an iteration of a week. Also, we could have an'iteration of a month and 3 sprint inside this iteration.

What is sprint iteration?

A Sprint (or iteration) is just long enough to be able to complete (develop and test) stories while short enough to pivot quickly. The ability to pivot quickly is key to agility. The sprint or iteration time box culminates with a system demo of new features in the staging environment, ready for release.

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