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🏃 A short fast run 🏃 To run very fast 🗓️ A work period
sprint

sprint

22 4.1
A short fixed time when a team works to finish planned tasks
  • noun
  • /sprɪnt/
  • Jargon
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  • The team completed all their tasks during the two-week sprint to enhance the software's features.

And don't think anybody gave Sprint review, OK.

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Examples

  • Number six is to select Sprint times to tackle bigger tasks.

  • So we will have a in class Sprint planning meeting for your next Sprint next week.

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  • Digital marketers need to think of campaigns not as sprints but as marathons.

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  • Our next sprint will focus on resolving critical bugs and improving user experience.

  • In Agile methodology, a sprint usually involves daily stand-up meetings to monitor progress.

Antonyms

marathon
64 3.7

A long, difficult task that needs a lot of effort and endurance

Idioms

marathon, not a sprint
  • Informal
1 4.8

A long process that needs steady effort, not quick work

How Structured

sprint
  • Jargon
22 4.1
ideation
  • Jargon
6 7.9

Surface Forms

sprint singular
sprints plural

Etymology

Sprint for project work was borrowed from the athletic idea of a short, fast run, so teams call a short, intense period of work a sprint because it needs quick, focused effort.