Checklist – Sprint Planning

Run Sprint Planning that sets your team up to succeed

Most teams treat Sprint Planning as a backlog grooming session — missing the three critical topics that give the event its purpose (Schwaber & Sutherland, 2020). This checklist, grounded in the 2020 Scrum Guide, gives your Scrum Team a practical wall-ready reference for running Sprint Planning that aligns the team around a Sprint Goal and produces a credible Sprint Backlog.

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