Talk:Sprint (software development)

where this word originates from? and how can it be related to Agile programming. ? --203.215.177.194

Both those questions are answered in the article. --OpenFuture (talk) 10:14, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

The Scrum concept of Sprint and the concept in this article is not the same. The Scrum sprints are what everyone else calls "iterations". As such it may actually make sense to merge it with Iterative and incremental development. --OpenFuture (talk) 04:16, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How about before removing the tag, we actually discuss this. I maintain that both refer to a time boxed period of software work. Notice the following from the Scrum article:

A sprint is a basic unit of development in the Scrum development methodology and other agile development methodologies.
Sprints tend to last between one week to a month[1], and are a "time-boxed"
(i.e. restricted to a specific duration) effort of a constant length

Compare to this article's opening:

A sprint is a time-boxed period of software development focused on a given list of goals (but with variable scope).

I propose it makes sense to have one "Sprint (software_development)" page, perhaps with sections explaining where some methodologies may differ. Also note that this page is the one linked to from the Scrum_(development) page. MLetterle (talk) 00:34, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are not the same thing, we need to have better descriptions instead. --OpenFuture (talk) 04:10, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Content of this page would be more appropriate under Sprint (hacking event) or something similar. Which could be linked from this page as well. Its obviously confusing to have this page refer only to the extremely short duration "codeathon" and not mention the longer development iteration. MLetterle (talk) 11:44, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]