Scrum provides a language for this common sense way of organizing, performing and managing work:

Backlog :
• All work to be performed in the forseeable future, both well defined and requiring further definition.
  Sprint :
• A period of 30 days of less where a set of work will be performed to create a deliverable.
  Sprint Backlog :
• That work that is well-enough defined that it can be worked on with relatively little change over a period of 30 days or less and will result in a tangible, incremental deliverable.
  Scrum :
• A daily meeting at which progress and impediments to progress are reviewed.
  Scrum Meeting Rules :
• Protocol for effective Scrum daily meetings.
  Scrum Team :
• The cross-functional team working on the sprint's backlog.