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Scrum Events – Sprint Planning
What is Sprint Planning?
In Scrum, a meeting that initiates an iteration (Sprint), where members of the Scrum Team collaborate to agree on outcome(s) for that Sprint, and select work items that help achieve the outcome(s).
What’s the Benefit?
The primary benefits of Sprint Planning are that it helps ensure members of the team all have the same understanding of:
- Why. Evidence that the work to be done supports the overall Product Goal – the customer “why.”
- What. Articulation of a Sprint Goal, and selection of work items that support the Sprint Goal.
- How. Confirmation on the approach they plan to take to complete the selected work items.
When?
Sprint Planning occurs on the first day of a Sprint, and the Sprint officially commences when Sprint Planning is complete. The longer the duration of the Sprint, the longer that the Sprint Planning meeting tends to be.
Who attends Sprint Planning?
- Scrum Master (Facilitator)
- Product Owner
- Developers *
- Subject Matter Experts (as needed)
* As articulated in the most recent update to the Scrum Guide, the term “Developers” is inclusive of all members of the Scrum Team, other than the Scrum Master and the Product Owner.
Inputs
- Prioritized list of “ready” work items from the Product Backlog
- Outcomes from Sprint Retrospective
- Information about team capacity
Outputs
- Sprint Goal
- Sprint Backlog
Preparing for Success
Related Subjects
Acknowledgments
Authored by Steve Moubray
Edited by Philip Rogers
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