Sprint (Iteration)
A short, fixed time box in which an agile team produces a usable increment of work.
A sprint is a fixed-length iteration, typically one to four weeks, during which a Scrum team plans, develops, and delivers a potentially shippable product increment. Its duration is set once and held constant so the team builds a predictable cadence, enabling reliable velocity measurement and stakeholder forecasting. On PMP questions, separate a sprint from a release: a sprint yields a potentially shippable increment, but the product owner decides whether it ships. Sprints never overlap and are not extended for incomplete scope; unfinished work returns to the product backlog for re-prioritization, not automatic carry-over.
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