Sprint Planning

Renato Pinto LópezTUM18 - UPM

Sprint Planning Meeting

• ATTENDED BY PRODUCT OWNER (PO), SCRUM MASTER AND SCRUM TEAM

• PO DESCRIBES THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FEATURES TO THE TEAM

• TEAM ASKS QUESTIONS TO TURN A HIGH-LEVEL USER STORY OF THE PRODUCT BACKLOG INTO DETAILED TASKS OF THE SPRINT BACKLOG

Product Owner (PO)• Who is he/she?

PO is typically a project's keystakeholder.It is important that this person has a vision of what they wish to build

and that he or she is able to convey that vision to the scrum team.

• What is his/her job?To motivate the team with a clear,

elevating goal.

•What is his/her job?

Product backlog• What is it?

Prioritized features list, containing short descriptions of all functionality

desired in the product.

• Typical Scrum backlog comprises the following:

FeaturesBugsTechnical workKnowledge acquisition

Product backlog• Features & Bugs

Each describes something different that a user wants.

• Technical work:"Upgrade all developers'

workstations to Windows 8.“

• Knowledge acquisition:It could be a Scrum backlog item

about researching JS libraries and making a selection.

User story•What is it?

Short, simple descriptions of the desired functionality told from perspective of the user.

"As a shopper, I can review the items in my shopping cart before checking out

so that I can see what I've already selected."

User story•Does user stories replace requirements document?

User story•Does user stories replace requirements document?

It is important to remember that the written part of a user story (“As a user,

I want…”) is incomplete until the discussions about that story occur. It is often best to think of the written part as

a pointer to the real requirement.

Sprint Planning MeetingRESULT

• SPRINT GOAL

• SPRINT BACKLOG

Sprint Goal

•Definition: short description of what the team plans to achieve during the sprint

•Use: we use the sprint goals to report those outside the sprint.

•Success: success of the sprint will be assessed during the sprint review meeting against the sprint goal

Sprint backlog

• Definition:  list of the product backlog items the team commits to deliver plus the list of tasks necessary to deliver those product backlog items.

•IMPORTANT: workers choose how many hours a week they work.

Sprint review meeting• It is held at the end of each sprint.

• Scrum team shows what they achieved.

• Includes PO, Scrum team, Scrum master, management, customers and developers from other projects.

• Should be held in a relaxed atmosphere, and in a natural way.

Referenceshttp://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/sprint-planning-meeting

http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/product-owner

http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/product-backlog

http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/topics/user-stories

http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum/sprint-review-meeting