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How to Run a Sprint Planning Session

A practical, step-by-step guide to run a sprint planning session. Sprint is the concept behind it — here is how to do it in practice.

For the full concept, see Sprint.

Steps

  1. Sprint Planning: agree a sprint goal and pull backlog items into the sprint backlog.
  2. Build the increment during the timebox, coordinating daily at the Daily Scrum.
  3. Protect the sprint from scope churn — new work goes to the backlog for future sprints.
  4. Sprint Review: demonstrate the done increment and gather feedback.
  5. Retrospective: reflect on how the sprint went and improve for the next one.