Distinctions
Is
- A sprint or sprint-like period dedicated primarily to testing, validation, or stabilization.
- A way organizations separate quality work from development work.
Is Not
- The same as continuous testing inside each sprint.
- Automatically wasteful; it may be a temporary response to constraints, but it changes the feedback structure of delivery.
Boundary
Testing Sprints become a failure signal when they institutionalize delayed feedback and recreate a separate quality phase inside an iterative framework.
Systems
Relationships
| Relationship | Concept | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Can manifest | Lifecycle Smuggling | Testing Sprints can preserve a waterfall-style validation phase inside Scrum. |
| Weakens | Quality Assurance | Separating testing into its own sprint can delay discovery of defects and rework. |