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Question About Sprint Planning in Scrum Guide

Last post 09:22 am January 5, 2017 by Siang Han Foo
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Siang Han Foo
06:25 am January 3, 2017

Hi

I am quite confused with the statement - "Work planned for the first days of the Sprint by the Development Team is decomposed by the end of this meeting, often to units of one day or less."

Does it mean that Sprint Planning is the first day of the Sprint and it should be done within one day or less because Sprint Planning is time-boxed 8 hours?

Please kindly help.

Thanks

Sanjay Saini
04:52 am January 4, 2017


Yes, Sprint Planning is the very first event in a Sprint and it is timeboxed to 8 hrs for a 30 days Sprint.

Once the team has forecasted the work and selected the Sprint Backlog Items, it is expected that the Dev Team should break up selected SBIs into tasks, that can be done during the first few days of the Sprint. Dev Team can continue breaking up the remaining SBIs as more is known while executing the Sprint.

Siang Han Foo
09:22 am January 5, 2017

Thanks Sanjay.

Your feedback is about Emergence. It aligns with the statement in Scrum Guide - "The Development Team modifies the Sprint Backlog throughout the Sprint, and the Sprint Backlog emerges during the Sprint. This emergence occurs as the Development Team works through the plan and learns more about the work needed to achieve the Sprint Goal."

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