Scrum Pattern: Sprint Planning Meeting

 

  
ContextA Product Backlog is available and a Scrum Team has been formed.
ProblemWhat work should be done next by the Development Team to reach a given goal and how shall this work be done?
Forcestoo little/too much technical planning
too little/too much communication vs. written documents
too little/too much organizational overhead
SolutionConduct two Sprint Planning Meetings, one with business focus and one with technical focus.

Let the Product Owner communicate prioritized Product Backlog Items (PBIs) to the Development Team to fill a Sprint in the first meeting. Ensure that the selection of the PBIs is coordinated with the Development Team and a Sprint Goal is agreed to define the purpose of the Sprint. Next conduct a Sprint Planning Meeting II to let the team come up with a rough design of the solution as well as a plan to implement the PBIs.

The PBIs selected for realization in a Sprint have been named Selected Backlog inofficially, beginning with the Scrum Guide 2011 they are called Sprint Backlog, replacing the old meaning of the term.

Resulting ContextThe Scrum Team is ready to implement the selected Product Backlog Items.

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