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the upcoming sprint in a more automated fashion. The software program can also

create a burn-down chart. A burn-down chart shows the remaining work effort (or
time remaining) for the sprint. It displays the time period of the sprint on the
horizontal axis (usually expressed as days) and the backlog items on the vertical axis
(can be expressed as days or hours). At the end of each day, team members update
their estimates for the remaining amount of work, which then updates the burn-down
chart. Team members and stakeholders can visually see the amount of work remaining

in the sprint. Figure 9.1 shows a simplified example of a burn-down chart.

FIGURE 9.1 Sample burn-down chart

Daily Standups or Scrum Meetings

Daily standups or Scrum meetings should be held at the same time and same place
every day and should be time limited, usually no more than 15 minutes. Team

members must come prepared to discuss the answers to three questions at each
meeting:

What did I accomplish yesterday?

What will I work on today?

Do I have any roadblocks or issues preventing me from doing my work?

Standups are an important element in the Agile process. They keep the team informed
and alert the Scrum master of any obstacles in the way of completing tasks.

Scrum Retrospective

After the sprint has concluded, a Scrum retrospective meeting with the team members,
Scrum master, and product owner is held to determine the following:

Overall progress

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