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A sprint is a focused development session, in which developers pair in a room and focus on building a particular subsystem. A sprint is organized with a coach leading the session. The coach sets the agenda, tracks activities, and keeps the development moving.
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See Sprints page for details about specific project sprints:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/PyCon2006/Sprints
Added by jdunck on November 30, 2005