Canceling the Sprint
A Sprint may end in one of two ways. Most times, the team will have worked throughout the Sprint’s duration and will have ended up achieving, not achieving, or partly achieving the Sprint Goal. We have already discussed how to deal with these eventualities in the previous sections of this chapter. However, there are some rare occasions where the team won’t get to the end of the Sprint, as the Sprint gets canceled. Let us examine this more closely.
Canceling a Sprint is an exceedingly rare phenomenon. It happens when a new situation or extraordinary circumstances shift the team’s commitment and focus. A Sprint must not get canceled if the Scrum Team simply decides that it cannot complete the work, or that it cannot reach the Sprint Goal. Frequently canceled Sprints should ring alarm bells. They may be a sign that the Scrum Team lacks focus and commitment, the Product lacks a vision, or the organization does not appreciate the Scrum values...
