Executive Review

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv ri-vyoo]

Definition of Executive Review

A Review for the business to discuss project, process, or people issues. This is not a part of Scrum, but is often necessary for legitimate business reasons.

See:

Project Review, Another name for Progress Review when the work is organized into a Project and, therefore, has a Delivery Forecast (Project Plan).
Sprint Review, The Sprint Review consists of a Product Review and a Progress Review, and may consist of other Reviews as well. These reviews often require different participants, so the Sprint Review...
Product Review, A Team session at the end of a Sprint where the Team (along with its Product Ownership and Stakeholders) reviews their Increment in order to get feedback on what to...
Progress Review A meeting including Product Ownership and Customers about ‘how the work is going’. Its purpose is to gather information and set expectations with the Customers.

Examples

You may want to discuss the Team’s Velocity for the Sprint with the Stakeholders, and what it means for the assumed Capacity and the Release Strategy. This should be done in an Executive Review, but it is sometimes appended to the Product Review. Make sure it is an add-on discussion, not a major topic.

The Business Owner and key Stakeholders had an Executive Review to discuss the progress of the Team.

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