Sprint Planning Flashcards
When is a Sprint Goal made and what is it?
When: The Sprint Goal is made during the Sprint Planning session for a Sprint.
What: The Sprint Goal is the objective for that Sprint. It will implement from the Product Backlog. The Sprint Goal provides guidance to the development team on why they are building the increment.
The work to be done for the Sprint is done during the event Sprint Planning. Who creates this plan?
The entire Scrum Team builds the Sprint Plan.
Per the Scrum Guide, if your Sprints are time-boxed at 4 weeks, your Sprint Planning is time-boxed at what length of hours?
Your organization has what Sprint length (days) and what Sprint Planning length (hours)?
Per the Scrum Guide, 4 week Sprints have Sprint Planning sessions time-boxed at 8 hours.
Our organization has 2 week Sprints. What is time-boxed length of our Sprint Planning sessions?
Sprint Planning answers two basic questions:
Hints:
1) What…increment…upcoming Sprint.
2) How…will work…be achieved.
Sprint Planning answers these two questions:
1) What can be delivered in the increment resulting from the next Sprint.
2) How will work needed deliver the increment to be achieved?
Sprint Planning.
1) What can be done this Sprint?
Hint: What are the inputs to “what can be done”?
B, L, C, P.
Inputs to what can be done during this Sprint?
1) Product Backlog. All of your Product Backlog.
2) Last increment. The last product increment.
3) Projected capacity. Projected capacity for the Development team for this Sprint.
4) Past performance. Past performance of the Development Team.
Who can assess what the Development Team can produce during the next Sprint?
Only the Development Team itself.
Per The Scrum Guide (near p. 10), this does NOT include the Scrum Master or Product Owner.
True or False?
The Scrum Master and Product Owner work with the Development team on deciding what will be accomplished during the next Sprint? They help select stories to be accomplished from the Product Backlog for the next increment.
False
Near p. 10 in The Scrum Guide:
“Only the Development Team can assess what it can accomplish over the upcoming Sprint.”
