Introduction to sprints

Sprints are short periods of time of fixed length, usually ranging from one to four weeks, during which developers agree on completing a specific set of tasks.

Each sprint starts with planning, during which the team decides which work items should be included, and is followed by a daily stand-up for reporting progress. When the sprint ends, the team assesses what they managed to deliver, and discusses how the process can be improved.

Timebook provides the tools to conduct, assess, and refine sprints according to the Scrum methodology that your company has been following.

Configuring sprints

In order to use the sprints you must first activate them in your team settings under Delivery → Sprints.

Here you define the sprints details: first run, cadence, weekday the sprint starts, and the number of sprints to create in advance.

Working with sprints

Adding items to sprints

To add an item to a sprint, click the 'Sprint' property and select the desired time period:

Browsing & refinement

You can browse current, upcoming and completed sprints in the Sprints tab of the Delivery module. Clicking ► brings up a visualization of how the sprint has progressed so far, allowing for quick evaluation and future refinement:

There are three graphs to follow:

• In scope – total number of work items assigned to the sprint
• In progress – work items with an 'In progress' type of status assigned to the sprint
• Done – work items finished within the duration of the sprint

The summary tiles below can be especially useful to Scrum Masters, representing the difference between the total number of items in the current sprint vs the previous sprint:

Adjusting view

You can adjust which sprints to display in the 'Manage view' button. This way you can create a view that will, for example, cover completed sprints within a give time frame:

What you need to know

• Sprints are created automatically in accordance to the team's settings.
• You can assign items to sprints in their properties.
• You can rename the sprint by clicking on its name on the sprint list.
• When the sprint finishes, unfinished tasks and work items are automatically reassigned to the next sprint (i.e. items with status other than Done/Canceled).

Updated on: 01/10/2025