Crafting a Sprint goal


 Crafting a Sprint goal

 

The Sprint Goal provides a base for the team to negotiate the scope change that may arise during the Sprint. No changes would be made or accepted that would endanger the Sprint goal. The Sprint goal guides the development team on why they are building the Product Increment. 


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 The goal conveys the purpose of the Sprint, which could be,

  • What is the value that customers are getting out of this Sprint? 
  • What are we going to validate in this Sprint? 
  • What are we going to build in this Sprint?
 

The Scrum Team works together in crafting the Sprint goal during Spring Planning. 

 

They discuss and understand the purpose of the Sprint. One of the outcomes of Sprint Planning is the Sprint goal. If the team does not have a clear understanding of the goal, then it is not possible to get their buy-in. If the goal is raw, it needs to be refined to come to a clear understanding. 

 

The team then chooses/selects the product backlog items for the Sprint based on the goal. The Sprint goal helps the team in understanding the need for building the product increment. The sprint goal should be crisp, clear, and understandable. 


Unclear goals can do more harm than benefits. Please do not choose the Product Backlog items to complete and then design a goal for achieving them; it is always otherwise. 










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