Sprint Review v/s Demo
1. Why Sprint Review ≠ Demo Sprint Review is a collaborative working session where the entire Scrum Team and stakeholders inspect the increment and adapt the Product Backlog. It's about outcomes, value, and strategic direction. The emotional tone here is collaborative curiosity and shared ownership . Demo is typically a one-way presentation showing that features work technically. It's more about proving functionality than exploring value. The emotional dynamic can sometimes feel like "us presenting to them" rather than "us working together." The key difference lies in the mindset: Reviews foster partnership and co-creation, while demos can inadvertently create a performer-audience dynamic that distances stakeholders from feeling true ownership. 2. How to Run Each Well Running a Great Sprint Review: Start with the "why" : Begin with business context and Sprint Goal, not features Make it interactive : Encourage stakeholders to actually use th...