Sprints have a sacred place in agile, and are often used as a commitment tool to streamline engineering teams. These two-week timeboxed events convert your product wishlist into actionable tasks, shape brainstorming into concrete results, and even create a culture of reviews and retros.
Sprints do not just accelerate project deliveries, but even create a culture of accountability, especially in geographically distributed teams. While sprints have always been a sure-shot way to fast-forward project management, they can create severe process imbalances if not done right.