Task
[task, tahsk]
Definition of Task
A small, undivided, ‘chunk’ of work to be accomplished, usually within the Team. Tasks organize the team’s work plan on how they will get Stories to “Done”.
Examples
The Team may need to task out the Stories in order to have a more fine-grained Plan of Action. In this case it winds up with a collection of Tasks for the Stories, but we must remember that it is not the Tasks the Team is agreeing to, it is the Stories and, specifically, the Stories’ Agreements on Done.
After agreeing on a Story, we broke the story into smaller Tasks for the Team to Swarm on.
External Sources
4 Reasons Why It's The Estimating that Matters, Not The Estimates
Cite This Term
"Task" ScrumDictionary.com. Accessed Jul 04, 2025. https://scrumdictionary.com/term/task/.