Sprint Planning Guide

Sprint Planning Agenda

  1. Review Sprint Goal โ€” What is the most valuable thing we can deliver? (15 min)
  2. Capacity Check โ€” Team availability minus holidays/leave. (10 min)
  3. Backlog Refinement โ€” Prioritize and size stories. (30 min)
  4. Sprint Commitment โ€” Pull items until capacity reached. (20 min)
  5. Task Breakdown โ€” Break stories into tasks โ‰ค 1 day each. (15 min)

Velocity Calculator

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Avg Velocity
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Planned Capacity

Story Point Estimation Scale

PointsEffortExample
1Trivial (< 2h)Change a button label
2Small (half day)Add input validation
3Medium (1 day)Build a simple form
5Large (2โ€“3 days)New API endpoint + tests
8X-Large (full week)New feature with DB schema
13+Needs splittingToo large โ€” split before sprint