A typical 2 week Sprint calendar

<p>When you&rsquo;re getting started with Scrum, one of the first things you are going to want to do (other than understand the 4 values of the&nbsp;<a href="https://agilemanifesto.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Agile Manifesto</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">12 principles behind it</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scrum.org/resources/scrum-values-poster" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">5 Scrum core values</a>&nbsp;) is to&nbsp;<strong>set up your</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Scrum events&nbsp;</strong>in your team calendar.</p> <p>So today, let&rsquo;s explore&nbsp;<strong>when</strong>&nbsp;you could run them in a typical 2 week Sprint, and the&nbsp;<strong>reasons</strong>&nbsp;behind that.</p> <h1>Recap of Scrum events</h1> <p>Before we get into when to put the events into a Sprint, here&rsquo;s a recap of the 4 Scrum events that the Sprint encompasses:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Daily Scrum</strong>&nbsp;every day (15 mins max)</li> <li><strong>Sprint Review</strong>&nbsp;once per sprint (2 hours max)</li> <li><strong>Sprint Retrospective</strong>&nbsp;once per sprint (2 hours max)</li> <li><strong>Sprint Planning</strong>&nbsp;once per sprint (4 hours max)</li> </ul> <p>And optionally&hellip;</p> <ul> <li><strong>Product Backlog Refinement</strong>&nbsp;as a group (1 hour per week)</li> </ul> <p>I find it useful to get some time together as a team to perform group Product Backlog Refinement &mdash; but in practice, this is an activity that also happens throughout the Sprint.</p> <p><a href="https://agilebatman.com/a-typical-2-week-sprint-calendar-60304478651b"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>