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Agile Iteration (Sprint) Planning Checklist

Use this planning framework to get the team on the same page before each new development iteration. The iteration planning meeting is for team members to plan and agree on stories or backlog items they are confident they can complete during the iteration.  Team members must also identify the detailed tasks and tests for delivery and acceptance.
 
How often should this be used?
On the 1st day of each iteration.
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Agile Iteration (Sprint) Planning

Attendees

Product Owner
Team Members
Scrum Master and/or Project Managers

Preparation / Inputs

Prioritized product backlog
Priori velocity
Team member capacity and/or schedule risks

Agenda

Review meeting agenda and guidelines
Purpose:
The iteration planning meeting is for team members to plan and agree on stories or backlog items they are confident they can complete during the iteration and identify the detailed tasks and tests for delivery and acceptance.
 
Key Considerations:
  • The team always has the final say when it comes to estimating
  • Every team member should have a vote and/or voice
  • Dependencies should be minimized, if not prevented entirely
  • The team should consistently identify any impediments preventing them from completing their work to be addressed
 
Common Obstacles:
  • Diving into too much detail and designing each feature in full rather than identifying the task work necessary
Product Owner proposes the product backlog for review
Product Owner and team review and clarify each item
Larger stories are broken down as necessary
Team estimates any resulting new stories
Team selects the stories they can complete within the iteration
Team ideally defines the iteration goal or theme
Team breaks each story into tasks and clearly defined acceptance criteria
Team estimates each task (typically in hours)
Team members sign up for tasks initially during the iteration
Team may review the workload to make certain it is feasible and balanced
Product Owner agrees with the work that will be completed

Confirmed Outputs

Iteration Goal
What is the goal?
Story tasks and acceptance tests
Task estimates

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