Explain Scrum roles, sprint, and daily standup.

Scrum basics

For Explain Scrum roles, sprint, and daily standup., interviewers listen for a crisp definition, how the pieces interact in a real system, and one trade-off or failure mode you have seen or would guard against.

• Roles: Product Owner (what), Scrum Master (process), Dev team (how).
• Sprint: 1–4 week timebox with committed backlog.
• Standup: 15 min—blockers, not status report to manager.
• Ceremonies: planning, review, retro.