I hear this question often. The answer: "Yes, …IF…"
That's a big *IF* — Let's explore the issue.
00:20 Yes, tasks can be modified throughout the Sprint. *IF...*
00:45 Scenario 1
01:20 Sprint Planning
01:45 Decompose the Sprint Goal into Tasks
02:24 Mid-Sprint Adaptation of the Sprint Backlog
03:11 Discontinuous Improvement
03:38 Scenario 2: An Analogy
03:46 Product Vision
04:40 Product Goal
05:30 Sprint Goal
06:06 Product Backlog Items Selection
06:46 Sprint Backlog Tasks
07:12 The Original Question: Return
07:56 Developers change/update the tasks
08:20 Sprint Goal and PBI selection has not changed
08:49 Common pitfall! (Don't change the Sprint Goal)
09:30 Conclusion 1: Product Backlog is different than Sprint Backlog
10:23 Conclusion 2: Developers *own* the Sprint Backlog
10:52 Outro
Closing
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