The Scrum events

There are five events in Scrum and all five Scrum events are essential to the proper execution of Scrum. Like an orchestra who maintains the right beat throughout its performance, the five Scrum events support Scrum teams in properly executing their work. And the Scrum Master is the orchestra director on the Scrum team, providing the beat that makes the five Scrum events effective.

Scrum is one of the most common frameworks implemented in Agile. In the article “What is Scrum?” we talk more about its origins and fundamentals. In this article we do a deep-dive on the five Scrum events.

Let’s start with a quick overview of the Scrum workflow:

In this article, I provide a deep dive of the 5 Scrum events: the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective. For each event, you’ll find a summary table describing the timebox, the purpose, the participants, and the expected outcome of the meeting. You can also download the whole PDF document (see link at the bottom).

Overview of the five Scrum events

In this table you can find quick information about each of the meetings, with summary information about the purpose, participants, and outcomes of each of the events.

Use it to create alignment with your team, or as a practical hand-out when you run the Scrum events.