Vocabulário Agile & Scrum: Fugindo do Portunglês em Reuniões Globais

Vocabulário Essencial

Comparativo: como um iniciante diria vs. como um executivo nativo diria

Sprint

A time-boxed iteration, typically 2 weeks, where a potentially shippable increment is created.

❌ Básico

"We are in the two-week cycle now."

✅ Executivo

"We're in Sprint 14, with a velocity of 45 story points per sprint."

Quando usar: Todas as reuniões de Scrum.

Daily Stand-up / Daily Scrum

A 15-minute daily synchronization meeting for the development team.

❌ Básico

"In the morning meeting we talk about what we are doing."

✅ Executivo

"In today's stand-up, we identified a blocker on the payment integration."

Quando usar: Referindo-se à reunião diária.

Story Points

A unit of measure for expressing the overall effort required to implement a user story.

❌ Básico

"This task is medium difficulty, maybe 5 points."

✅ Executivo

"This epic is estimated at 34 story points, which we'll break down into smaller stories."

Quando usar: Planning e estimation sessions.

Velocity

The average number of story points a team completes per sprint.

❌ Básico

"The team usually finishes about 40 points per cycle."

✅ Executivo

"Based on our velocity of 42 points, we can commit to these 8 stories for the sprint."

Quando usar: Sprint planning e capacity discussions.

Backlog Refinement / Grooming

The ongoing process of reviewing and prioritizing backlog items.

❌ Básico

"We reviewed the tasks and organized the priorities."

✅ Executivo

"During refinement, we broke down the epic and updated acceptance criteria."

Quando usar: Sessões de preparação do backlog.

Increment

The sum of all completed Product Backlog items during a Sprint.

❌ Básico

"This is what we completed in this cycle."

✅ Executivo

"This sprint's increment includes the new checkout flow and payment retry logic."

Quando usar: Sprint review e demos.

Impediment / Blocker

Any obstacle that prevents the team from completing work.

❌ Básico

"We have a problem that is stopping us from finishing."

✅ Executivo

"We have a blocker: the API team hasn't delivered the endpoint we depend on."

Quando usar: Daily stand-ups e escalations.

Definition of Done (DoD)

A shared understanding of what it means for work to be complete.

❌ Básico

"A task is done when it's tested and approved."

✅ Executivo

"According to our DoD, this story requires code review, QA sign-off, and documentation."

Quando usar: Sprint planning e reviews.