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What are the different ceremonies in an agile team?

The agile ceremonies list includes:

1. Sprint Planning
2. Daily Stand-Up
3. Sprint Review
4. Sprint Retrospective

1. Sprint Planning

The Sprint Planning ceremony sets teams up for success by ensuring everyone understands the sprint goals and how to achieve them.

Structure	Attendees	Timing	Duration	Agile Framework
The Product Owner brings the product backlog to discuss with the Development Team. The Scrum Master facilitates. Together, the Scrum Team does effort or storey point estimations. The product backlog must contain all the details necessary for estimation. The Product Owner should be able to clarify any doubts regarding the product backlog. 2. Daily Stand-Up The daily stand-up brings the team together and sets everyone up for the day. The team uses this time to identify blockers and share plans for the day. Structure Attendees Timing Duration Agile framework  This is an informal, standing meeting. All members of the Development Team inform everyone about what they did the day before and what they’re doing today. Members discuss any blockages they have and ask for help from the team if required. Due to time restrictions, the updates should be brief. 3. Sprint Review The Sprint Review is the time to showcase the team’s completed work and gather feedback from stakeholders. A variety of attendees from outside the team offer valuable insights from different viewpoints. This event also helps build trust with both external and internal stakeholders. Structure Attendees Timing Duration Agile framework The Scrum Master takes on the logistics of event preparation. The Product Owner should ask stakeholders questions to gather as much feedback as possible. They should also answer any of their stakeholders' questions.  Development Team, Scrum Master, Product Owner. Optionally, management, customers, developers, and other stakeholders at At the end of the springtime One hour per week of the sprint. In a one-week sprint, the Sprint Review lasts one hour.  Scrum and Kanban. Kanban teams do these reviews after the team milestones, not sprints. 4. Sprint Retrospective In this final scrum ceremony in the sequence, you look back on the work you’ve just done and identify ways to do things better next time. The Sprint Retrospective is a tool for risk mitigation in future sprints. Structure Attendees Timing Duration Agile framework The teams discuss what went well throughout the sprint and what went wrong. The Scrum Master should encourage the Development Team to speak up and share not only facts but also their feelings. The goal is to gather rapid feedback for continuous improvement in terms of process. It’s also an opportunity to emphasize good practices that the team adopted and should repeat. Development Team, Scrum Master, Product Owner (optional) At the end of the sprint 45 minutes per sprint week Scrum and Kanban (occasionally)