Release Sprint

[ri-lees sprint]

Definition of Release Sprint

A specialized Sprint whose purpose is to Release Deliverable Results; it contains Stories specific to Release Activities and finishing UnDone Work.  A Release Sprint usually contains no additional development.

See:

Deliverable Results, Scrum Teams and Organizations produce Deliverable Results for Stakeholders iteratively and incrementally; these Deliverable Results are often called Product.
UnDone The phrase “UnDone work” is often used to describe the work needed to move something from “Done” to Releasable; in other words, it is work that maybe should have been...

Examples

For most Teams, however, not every Sprint is a potential Release Sprint – the purpose of most Sprints is to gather meaningful feedback about what the Stakeholders want in order to progress towards a Release in the future.

The Release Sprint is when the Team does the last bit of work before the Release.

At our company we have a specialized Sprint whose purpose is to Release Product; it contains Stories specific to Release Activities and finishing Undone Work. Our Release Sprint usually contains no additional new feature development.

External Sources

How The Release Sprint Gets The Product Out The Door

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"Release Sprint" ScrumDictionary.com. Accessed Apr 18, 2024. https://scrumdictionary.com/term/release-sprint/.