Beginning a sprint

Here’s a quick agenda

• Product owner sets the sprint direction.
• PBIs move from the product backlog to the sprint backlog.
• Team plans how they will complete the selected work.
• Team communicates their plan back to the product owner and scrum master.

Learn more about how to facilitate sprint planning. Then browse the most common terms in a Scrum glossary and learn what is Scrum.

Think of scrum as a relay race, with each sprint being a lap. The scrum team hands off the “baton” of finished work to itself in the next sprint.

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The sprint isn’t always included in the list of scrum events. I include it because it's critical to creating a cadence of work for the team. The sprint serves as a container for all other scrum events.

Learn more about sprints in scrum. Then browse the most common terms in a Scrum glossary and learn what is Scrum.

The sprint backlog is created during sprint planning as PBIs (product backlog items) are moved from the product backlog to the sprint backlog. 

Learn more about the sprint planning process and then explore the most common terms in a Scrum glossary.