Sprint Planning

Scrum Mythbusters : Sprint Backlog is Fixed During the Sprint!

A sprint in Scrum begins with a Sprint planning event in which Scrum team considers the Product Backlog Items (PBIs) from the top of the Product Backlog for the upcoming sprint.

The main activities of Sprint planning event are to:

select the PBIs the team forecasts it can deliver during the sprint
come to a consensus on a Sprint Goal
plan how to achieve the Sprint Goal

What is a Sprint Goal?

A Scrum team jointly commits to a short statement of the value it intends to deliver during the sprint. This is guided by the Product Owner. This becomes the focus of all work in the sprint and the team creates a Product Increment to meet the Sprint Goal.

Sprint Goal can be formed in many different ways.

How To Do Effective Capacity Planning on The Scrum Team

by Avienaash Shiralige 11 Comments

During sprint planning, scrum teams often face this challenge of sprint commitments. How many stories can we commit in this sprint? How to plan for the team capacity?

I ask teams to do commitment driven planning during early stages of scrum adoption. For you to commit to a sprint goal, you need to know current team capacity. Team capacity is calculated as per people availability in that sprint.

Let’s take an example.