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-====== How Do We Run Our First Sprint (or Iteration) Planning Meeting? ======+====== How Do We Run Our First Iteration (Sprint) Planning Event? ======
  
 +The purpose of Iteration (Sprint) Planning is to allow the Team to commit to what they can deliver in the next Iteration (Sprint) - the committed Iteration (Sprint) Backlog.
  
-====== Premise ======+Iteration (Sprint) Planning occurs at the beginning of the Iteration (Sprint), after you have completed the Iteration Demo (Sprint Review) and Retrospective of the current Iteration (Sprint) (i.e. the Iteration Demo (Sprint Review) and Iteration (Sprint) Retrospective are an input to the Iteration (Sprint) Planning). Note that there is typically no gap between the end of one Iteration (Sprint) and the start of the next Iteration (Sprint). (See [[what_events_should_we_put_in_place_for_iterations_or_sprints|What Events Should We Put in Place For Iterations (Sprints)?]] for more information.)
  
-The purpose of Sprint (or Iteration) Planning is to allow the team to commit to what they can deliver in the next Sprint - the committed Sprint (or Team) Backlog.+====== Structure ====== 
 +  
 +===== Who =====
  
-Sprint (or Iteration) Planning occurs at the beginning of the Sprint (or Iteration)after you have completed the Sprint (or Iteration) Review and Retrospective of the current (or Iteration) Sprint (i.e. the (or Iteration) Review and (or Iteration) Retrospective are an input to the Sprint (or Iteration) Planning). Note that there is typically no gap between the end of one Sprint (or Iteration) and the start of the next Sprint (or Iteration).+Scrum Team - TeamScrum Master, Product Owner and other stakeholders as required.
  
-Sprint (or Iteration) Planning may be divided into two sessions, be conducted as one session, or occur as a series of shorter incremental sessions. Typically, Sprint (or Iteration) Planning is viewed as having two parts:+===== Duration =====
  
-  * Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 1 - Used by the Team to reach common agreement on Product Backlog items with the highest priority (including their Conditions of Satisfaction or Acceptance Criteria), to determine likely items for the Sprint (or Team) Backlog, and to discuss these latter items sufficiently so the Team can effectively conduct Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2, where they will commit to deliver specific items by the end of the Sprint (or Iteration). +Maximum 2 hours for week sprint (10 working days).
-  * Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2 – used by Teams to determine in detail how they will make and meet their commitment for the Sprint (or Iteration) including applicable Definition of Done criteria and considerations regarding individual Team Member availability during the Sprint (or Iteration). Most Teams do this by taking each Sprint (or Team) Backlog item and detailing it in terms of the tasks required to complete the work. Each task for an item has an estimate in hours (or, for some Teams, story pointsthat would take into consideration potential obstacles, risks and dependencies.+
  
-By the end of Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2, all Team members should be confident that the worked committed to can be completed by the end of the Sprint or have identified the risks associated with any items about which there are doubts.+===== Summary Agenda =====
  
-====== Background ======+  * Review Team Capacity 
 +  * Review Team backlog 
 +  * Select stories that will be completed by the end of the Iteration (Sprint) i.e. sum of estimates is less than Capacity  
 +  * Summarize as Iteration (Sprint) Goals 
 +  * Commit to Iteration (Sprint) Goals
  
-The team should use the data they have to help them make good commitments. For example, during the Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 1 process the team will have velocity or throughput information to help them understand how much they can complete as a Team. By keeping a running total of the points a team thinks it can work in the upcoming Sprint (or Iteration), and comparing it to the “normal” velocity of the team, the team can easily gauge whether they are over-committing.+====== Result ======
  
-Similarly when the team gets to Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2comparing a running total of the estimated hours on the tasks to a total team capacity for planning purposes will help the team understand what is truly possible to commit to.+A committed set of Iteration (Sprint) goals plus a set of backlog items that are candidates for delivery in the next Iteration (Sprint(or Iteration), sometimes called the Iteration (Sprint) Backlog.
  
-====== Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 1 ======+====== Sample Agenda ======
  
-**Purpose:** Determine what the Team should build in the next Sprint (or Iteration).+  * Determine capacity of the Team 
 +    * If Team has a (Velocity) history from previous Iterations use this to determine what the Capacity might be for this Iteration - “yesterday’s weather”  
 +    * If Team does not have a history base this on the following calculation 
 +      * For a 10 day Iteration, give each person 8 points = 10-2 where the 2 represents one day for Iteration Planning, one day for Iteration Review and Retrospective 
 +      * Subtract out the Product Owner 
 +      * Subtract out the Scrum Master 
 +      * Remove vacations and holidays for everyone 
 +      * E.g. Team of 7 people, including a Product Owner and Scrum Master means (7 - 2) people X 8 points per person results in capacity of 40 points. 
 +  * Clarify Team Backlog User Stories 
 +    * Collaborate to get common understanding 
 +    * Story in “user voice” format - As a <role> I want <some feature> so that <I get some benefit> - who, what, why 
 +    * Acceptance criteria is gherkin format - Given <system is in a state> when <something happens> then <I get some result> 
 +    * Update and / or revise estimates  
 +  * The Team picks from prioritized Backlog, taking items to fill to team Capacity 
 +  * Establish Iteration Goals  
 +  * Teams commits to the Iteration Goals (e.g. by Fist of Five vote)
  
-**Who:** Scrum Team - Team, Scrum Master, Product Owner and other stakeholders as required.+NOTENew Teams sometimes have a second meeting immediately after this meeting to determine how they will work together to deliver the commitment but in most cases this is discussed during planning.
  
-**Duration:** Maximum 2 hours for a 2 week sprint (10 working days).+====== Guidelines ======
  
-**Summary Agenda:**+  In Backlog priority order pull in items into the Iteration until you reach “plan-able capacity” 
 +    As you do this have Teams ask themselves “do we think we can do this story and all the other stories we have accepted so far?”  
 +      * NOTESometimes Teams are unable to do in strict order because of, for example, a need for specialized skills. 
 +  * Iteration (Sprint) Goals are defined based on work that can be done 
 +    * [[what_is_the_purpose_of_iteration_or_sprint_goals|What is the Purpose of Iteration (Sprint) Goals?]] 
 +    * Include improvement items 
 +  "Fist of five" to commitment to the Iteration (Sprint) Goals means “We think we can get this done” and “If we encounter a problem that jeopardized the Iteration Goals we will communicate that immediately.” 
 +  Ensure tooling you are using are up to date based on committed plan.
  
-  * Clarify Product / Release (or Team) Backlog items +====== Checklist - Iteration (Sprint) Planning ======
-  * Collaborate to get common understanding +
-  * Define or review Definition of Ready criteria +
-  * Define or review Conditions of Satisfaction (or Acceptance Criteria) +
-  * Establish [[what_is_the_purpose_of_sprint_or_iteration_goals|Sprint (or Iteration) Goals]] +
-  * Revise estimates +
-  * The Team picks from prioritized Backlog, taking items to fill to team capacity +
- +
-**Result:** A list of backlog items that are candidates for delivery in the next Sprint (or Iteration), sometimes called the Selected Backlog. +
- +
-====== Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2 ====== +
- +
-**Purpose:** How are we going to meet Sprint (or Iteration) goals? +
- +
-**Who:** Scrum Master and the Team, with the Product Owner at least available to answer question if not fully engaged. +
- +
-**Duration:** Maximum 2 hours for a 2 week sprint (10 working days). +
- +
-**Summary Agenda:** +
- +
-  * Determine Team capacity +
-  * Review "Definition of Done" +
-  * Team plans how it will work together to deliver +
-    * One approach is to break the Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog into tasks, where estimates on the tasks are no greater than 8 hours, preferably shorter. +
-  * Identify obstacles/risks +
-  * Identify dependencies +
-  * Identify conditions of satisfaction or acceptance criteria (tests, inspection) +
-  * Make needed adjustments +
-  * Review Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog to confirm the Sprint (or Iteration) Commitment with the Product Owner +
- +
-**Result:** Recorded Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog against which the Team has committed to complete by the end of the Sprint (or Iteration). +
- +
-//**Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog**// +
- +
-The Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog is the result of Sprint (or Iteration) Planning. It represents two things: +
- +
-  The subset of the Product (or Team) Backlog that the Team has committed to deliver in the next Sprint (or Iteration). +
-  - The detailed arrangements that Team has made to help them make the commitment. +
- +
-For different Teams, the level of detail tracked in the Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog depends on the Team. The key information is that the Team makes a commitment, and that commitment is knowable to all stakeholders. +
- +
-//**Deliverable**// +
- +
-At a minimum, the Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog is a list of Product (or Team) Backlog Items that the Team has committed to deliver in the Sprint and the basis of the information required to generate the Sprint (or Iteration) Burn-down chart. For new Teams, in most cases this is a detailed plan of tasks the Team expects to undertake to meet their commitment. This detailed plan is created and tracked by the Team. +
- +
-====== Checklist - Sprint (or Iteration) Planning ======+
  
 ===== Preparation ===== ===== Preparation =====
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   * Planned absences (e.g. holidays) of Team members are known   * Planned absences (e.g. holidays) of Team members are known
   * The room / environment is suitable for Team discussions   * The room / environment is suitable for Team discussions
-  * The results of the Sprint (or Iteration) Review and the Sprint (or Iteration) Retrospective are available +  * The results of the Iteration (Sprint) Review and the Iteration (Sprint) Retrospective are available 
-  * The Sprint (or Iteration) Schedule is defined (i.e. start and end date of the Sprint (or Iteration))+  * The Iteration (Sprint) Schedule is defined (i.e. start and end date of the Iteration (Sprint))
  
 ===== Moderation ===== ===== Moderation =====
  
   * Make the following items visible to everyone in the meeting:   * Make the following items visible to everyone in the meeting:
-    * Sprint (or Iteration) Schedule +    * Iteration (Sprint) Schedule 
-    * Sprint (or Iteration) Review Meeting results +    * Iteration (Sprint) Review Meeting results 
-    * Sprint (or Iteration) Retrospective results (note: these are the public improvement goals rather than, say, minutes of the meeting)+    * Iteration (Sprint) Retrospective results (note: these are the public improvement goals rather than, say, minutes of the meeting)
   * The Product Owner informs the team about the Product (or Team) Vision   * The Product Owner informs the team about the Product (or Team) Vision
-  * The Product Owner and the team define the Sprint (or Iteration) Goal +  * The Product Owner and the team define the Iteration (Sprint) Goal based on the Stories selected. 
-  * If there are Backlog Items missing the Product Owner can add the Backlog Item to the Product Backlog +  * If there are Backlog Items missing the Team can add the Backlog Item to the Team (Product) Backlog
- +
-===== Results ===== +
- +
-Selected Product Backlog is well prepared for the Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2. +
- +
-====== Checklist – Sprint (or Iteration) Planning 2 ====== +
- +
-===== Preparation ===== +
- +
-  * Participants are invited: Scrum Master, the Team members and Product Owner. At a minimum the Product Owner has to be reachable for questions. +
-  * The Selected Product (or Team) Backlog - the Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog is accessible for the task planning (Optional) +
-  * Material for the planning such as a whiteboard, pin board, sticky notes, access to tools, etc. +
- +
-===== Moderation ===== +
- +
-  * Team Members determine team capacity. An approach to do this is (assuming a 2 week Sprint (or Iteration)): +
-    * Scrum Master leads +
-    * Count days available for each person +
-    * Do not count Scrum Master, Product Owner +
-    * Breakdown to hours, count 6 hours per day +
-    * Remove other impacts +
-    * Ask “What else” – vacation, moves, other work +
-    * Understand who is not 100% on team and adjust +
-    * Sum total hours available to team in next 9 working days +
-    * Determine percentage of “unplanned” work
 and breakdown so that you have “hours available for planning purposes” and “hours available for ‘planned unplanned’ proposes. +
-  * Team members find tasks for each Backlog Item +
-    * Make sure that every piece of work is taken into account to reach Definition of Done – Coding, Testing, etc – to get to a “potentially shippable” state. +
-  * If a task effort is bigger than 8 hours, try to split the task into smaller tasks, so the team can understand during the Sprint whether real progress is being made on the commitment. +
-  * If the Team believes that the resultant Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog is too large, work with the Product Owner to remove low priority Backlog Items +
-  * If the team believes that the Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog is too small, work with the Product Owner to bring in additional Product Backlog items from the Product Backlog +
-  * The team commits to the Sprint (or Iteration) Goal. An approach to make this concrete is to have the Product Owner ask “Fist of five vote – how likely do you think that you’ll be able to make the commitment?” +
- +
-===== Results ===== +
- +
-Sprint (or Iteration) Goal and Sprint (or Iteration) Backlog are visible to everyone within the organization. The tasks in the Sprint Backlog are accessible to all team members.+
  
-===== Want to Know More? =====+====== Want to Know More? ======
  
 +  * [[what_events_should_we_put_in_place_for_iterations_or_sprints|What Events Should We Put in Place For Iterations (Sprints)?]]
   * [[what_should_our_sprint_goals_look_like|What Should Our Sprint Goals Look Like?]]   * [[what_should_our_sprint_goals_look_like|What Should Our Sprint Goals Look Like?]]
   * [[https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/walking-through-definition-ready|Scrum.org View of Definition of Ready]]   * [[https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/walking-through-definition-ready|Scrum.org View of Definition of Ready]]
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