Every sprint starts with Sprint Planning. Same as Monday morning at 9:00 am local time in China. Due to the time difference with China, the development team first starts independently. In this meeting, the development team determines which tasks they can take up. In doing so, they immediately make a plan of action to get those tasks 'Done'. Later, the team discusses the results of the Sprint Planning with the Product Owner and Delivery Manager via a conference call.

Every day the team has its own Daily Scrum. This happens physically at the Chinese office. If the developers run into something, they will inform the Product Owner and / or Delivery Manager.

Halfway through the sprint, the Scrum Team will take the time for Product Backlog Refinement. Here the development team spends with the Product Owner on items that are lower on the backlog. Analysis and forecasting for items that can be picked up in the coming sprints.

The last Friday of the sprint is a busy affair. First of all the Sprint Review. This conference call with the entire Scrum team and stakeholders from the customer is meant to look together at the delivery of the sprint. No demo, but an interactive session in which all aspects (technical and functional) of the product are discussed. By this time, the Product Owner also has all Backlog items ready for the next sprint.

For the development team, the sprint ends with a retrospective. They do it locally, in Chinese. The outcomes of the retro are shared with the Product Owner and provide space for discussion.

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