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Sprint planning

By TechTaffy Desk

Sprint planning is an essential event in Agile project management methodologies, particularly in Scrum, where the product owner, scrum master, and development team come together to plan and organize the work to be completed in the upcoming sprint.

The main purpose of sprint planning is to create a sprint backlog, which consists of a prioritized list of tasks and features that the team commits to completing during the sprint.

Sprint planning typically involves the following steps:

  1. Review the product backlog: The product owner presents the most important items in the product backlog, describing the features, bug fixes, or other work items that need to be addressed.
  2. Determine sprint goal: The team collaborates to define a sprint goal, which is a high-level objective that will guide the team’s efforts throughout the sprint.
  3. Select backlog items for the sprint: The development team, guided by the product owner and the sprint goal, selects the items from the product backlog that they believe can be completed within the sprint’s time frame.
  4. Estimate effort: The development team estimates the effort required to complete each backlog item, often using story points or other estimation techniques. This helps the team gauge the amount of work they can realistically commit to during the sprint.
  5. Create the sprint backlog: The selected items and their corresponding estimates are added to the sprint backlog, which serves as the team’s plan for the sprint.
  6. Task breakdown: The development team breaks down each backlog item into smaller tasks and further estimates the effort required for each task. This granular view helps the team members understand the work involved and allocate resources accordingly.

The sprint planning meeting should be time-boxed, usually lasting around two hours for every week of the sprint. This ensures that the team remains focused and efficient during the planning process.

Once the sprint planning is complete, the development team begins executing the tasks in the sprint backlog, working towards the sprint goal.

 

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