As a kick-off of every sprint there is a sprint planning meeting. In general, the work that has to be performed during a sprint is planned during this sprint planning. For the creation of this plan the entire Scrum Team is needed aiming to create the sprint backlog in the end.
The sprint planning is usually time-boxed to eight hours for a one-month sprint and is of course shorter if the sprints are shorter as well. In the first block of usually four hours it is all about the product backlog with the highest priorities, the second block is about which part of the product backlog is used to deliver the increment potentially shippable functionality.
Sprint planning is an important step because it gives the team motivation for the upcoming sprint, a specific goal which makes the journey worthwhile and the opportunity to be included in the decision making. The meeting should be well structured, and the focus should be on a succinct sprint backlog which can be later on refine itself during the sprint.
Input parameters
An effective planning needs the right ingredients to start with and needs a lot of preparation:
· Product Backlog – A prioritized, refined and well-maintained backlog with tasks broken down into workable modules.
· Capacity/Velocity – Calculated based on the team’s capacity and velocity for last three sprints
· Current status of the product
· Business Constraints
Actual Sprint Planning
During the meeting there are two main questions to be answered:
· What? – This is where product owner communicates the requirements in detail to the scrum team.
· How? – The team discusses autonomously how they are going to deliver it by breaking down the requirements into certain tasks which are then consolidated into the sprint backlog.
Output parameters
· Sprint Goal – is an objective set for the sprint. The team decide and commit themselves what goal they are going to reach. It provides guidance for the development team on why it is building the increment and during the team works, it does so with the sprint goal always in mind.
· Sprint backlog – is a forecast of the consolidated tasks done by the team. These specific tasks all have a certain timeframe and one person from the team which commits to deliver it.
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