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Key idea
Scrum has formal events.
XP has practices/activities more than formal events.
Kanban has cadences/meetings, not required sprints.
Agile itself is an umbrella approach, so it does not prescribe one fixed set of events.
Your Scrum slides identify the five Scrum events as Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
| Methodology | Event / Activity | What it means | What the action looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrum | Sprint | Fixed time-box where the team creates a usable product increment. Usually 1–4 weeks. | Team works on selected sprint backlog items and aims to meet the sprint goal. |
| Scrum | Sprint Planning | Meeting at the start of the sprint to decide what will be done and how. | Product Owner explains top backlog items; team selects work; team creates sprint goal and sprint backlog. |
| Scrum | Daily Scrum / Daily Standup | Short daily meeting to inspect progress and coordinate work. | Team discusses progress toward sprint goal, blockers, and next steps. |
| Scrum | Sprint Review | End-of-sprint meeting to inspect the product increment with stakeholders. | Team demonstrates completed work and gets feedback. |
| Scrum | Sprint Retrospective | End-of-sprint reflection meeting to improve team process. | Team discusses what went well, what did not, and what to improve next sprint. |
XP events / practices
XP, or Extreme Programming, is Agile but more engineering-focused. It does not usually list “events” the same way Scrum does. It uses short iterations and technical practices.
| XP practice / activity | What it means | What the action looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Iteration Planning | Team plans work for a short iteration, often 1–2 weeks. | Customer/Product Owner selects stories; team estimates and commits to work. |
| Small Releases | Deliver working software frequently. | Release a small, useful feature quickly instead of waiting for a large release. |
| Pair Programming | Two developers work together on the same code. | One writes code, the other reviews/thinks; they switch roles. |
| Test-Driven Development / TDD | Tests are written before code. | Write test → write code → pass test → refactor. |
| Continuous Integration | Code is integrated and tested frequently. | Developers commit code often; automated tests run regularly. |
| Refactoring | Improve internal code design without changing visible behavior. | Clean duplicate code, simplify functions, improve maintainability. |
| Customer Feedback | Customer/business representative gives frequent clarification. | Team asks questions and adjusts stories based on feedback. |
Kanban events / cadences
Kanban does not require fixed sprint events. Kanban as visual workflow, pull system, continuous flow, WIP limits, and continuous improvement.
| Kanban cadence / meeting | What it means | What the action looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Kanban Meeting | Short meeting focused on flow, blockers, and WIP limits. | Team looks at the board from right to left: what is blocked, what can move to Done, what needs help? |
| Replenishment Meeting | Decides what new work should be pulled into the system. | Product Owner/team reviews backlog and selects ready items for To Do. |
| Delivery Planning Meeting | Plans when completed work can be released or delivered. | Team checks finished items and decides delivery timing. |
| Service Delivery Review | Reviews how well the team is delivering work. | Team checks lead time, cycle time, throughput, and customer satisfaction. |
| Operations Review | Looks at performance across teams or services. | Managers/teams review bottlenecks and system-level improvement needs. |
| Risk Review | Reviews blocked, delayed, or risky work items. | Team identifies recurring blockers and actions to reduce risk. |
| Retrospective / Improvement Meeting | Reflects on process improvement. | Team discusses how to improve flow, reduce bottlenecks, or adjust WIP limits. |
Agile events
Agile itself does not define a fixed event list. Agile is a broad mindset based on values and principles such as customer collaboration, responding to change, frequent delivery, and team reflection. Agile as emphasizing flexibility, customer feedback, and iterative progress.
| Agile activity | What it means | What the action looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | Decide what value to deliver next. | Prioritize backlog, select stories, estimate work. |
| Iteration / Sprint Work | Build a small increment of value. | Team develops, tests, and integrates features. |
| Daily Coordination | Keep team aligned and remove blockers. | Short daily check-in or board review. |
| Review / Demo | Get feedback on completed work. | Show working product to stakeholders. |
| Retrospective / Reflection | Improve the process. | Team identifies lessons learned and improvement actions. |
| Backlog Refinement | Prepare future work. | Clarify user stories, split large items, add acceptance criteria. |
| Release / Delivery | Deliver usable value to users. | Deploy or hand over completed product increment. |
Simple explanation
You can say:
Scrum has five formal events. XP has short iterations and engineering practices. Kanban has continuous flow and optional cadences. Agile is the umbrella, so events depend on the specific Agile framework being used.
A very simple comparison:
| Framework | Fixed sprint? | Formal events? | Main focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrum | Yes | Yes | Sprint-based delivery and inspection/adaptation |
| XP | Usually short iterations | Not like Scrum | Engineering quality and frequent feedback |
| Kanban | No | Optional cadences | Continuous flow and WIP control |
| Agile | Depends | Depends | Flexibility, feedback, customer value |
