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First sprint vs first sprint planning

Last post 06:14 pm March 10, 2017 by Stefan Mieth
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Dawid Pacholczyk
07:08 pm March 9, 2017

I was sure that I know the answer but when I think more about it I have some doubts so I want to ask.

What happens first ? First sprint planning or first sprint ? Let us say that we have monday. Do we start first sprint from monday and do the sprint planning as a first activity or maybe we plan the sprint planning for monday and start first sprint the next day ?

Peter Zsolt Hegyi
07:00 am March 10, 2017

Hello Dawid,

the planning, review, retrospective and daily scrum are all part of the sprits and their duration is included in its time-box. Actually the first sprint and the first sprint planning are happening at the same time.

Greetings,

Peter

 

Stefan Mieth
02:02 pm March 10, 2017

Hi Dawid,

There is no sprint Zero - no sprint before your first sprint, the first Sprint follows the same "rules" as every other sprint. (e.g. you should focus on delivering a increment with at least one piece of functionality ...)

As the sprint time box includes "everything" also the sprint planning is included, an usually one of the first things you do every sprint.

Saying you start using scrum. You want to start it on this given Monday. Your sprint planning for sprint 1 could be at 9am on this Monday morning. The sprint planning is within the borders of your time box of your first sprint. Your Sprint starts on Monday morning.

Imagine, having the Sprint planning on Monday, but stating your sprint starts on Tuesday would set your sprint planning outside the time box of your sprint. And - in case you would repeat this - would keep the sprint planning in a time frame between two sprints. (There is nothing between two sprints, a sprint immediately follows the previous one) - Don´t do this ;)

See also "Scrum guide"

p.8 "Sprints contain and consist of the Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, the development work, the Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective."

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