Sprint Goal
A single objective that gives a sprint purpose and guides decisions about its work.
Plain English
The outcome the team is trying to achieve during this sprint.
In context
The sprint goal creates coherence while allowing the selected work to be renegotiated as the team learns without endangering the objective.
Example
“Our sprint goal is to let invited users complete onboarding without support.”
When you'll hear this
- sprint planning
- daily scrum
- sprint review
Common misunderstanding
A sprint goal is not a list of every selected backlog item.
Also known as
iteration goalsprint objective
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-27
