Understanding and Apply Scrum [P4]: Scrum Events - Effective sprint planning

Question 1

What is a common way to divide sprint planning?

Answer 1

• WHAT - what are we going to do in the sprint?
• HOW - how are we going to do it?

Question 2

How do we do the WHAT part of sprint planning?

Answer 2

• half the time
• what are we going to take from the product backlog into the sprint?
• visible ordered backlog
• Dev Team figures out what they believe they can achieve in the next sprint?
• move product backlog items into the sprint - move over until comfortable that they are achievable
• best for ownership if team moves items into sprint rather than SM

Question 3

How do we do the HOW part of sprint planning?

Answer 3

• Dev team breaks items down into smaller units - not SM or manager! - build ownership
• representation for plan for the sprint - clear and understood

Question 4

Aside from the HOW and the WHAT of sprint planning, what is the third aspect?

Answer 4

• sprint goal
• cohesive overview of next hill to overcome