Sprint Planning
A Scrum event where the team agrees on a sprint goal and selects a realistic set of work.
Plain English
Decide what the team will aim to complete in the next sprint and how to begin.
In context
Sprint planning balances product priority team capacity dependencies and a shared understanding of the selected backlog items.
Example
“During sprint planning we chose work that supports the onboarding goal.”
When you'll hear this
- start of sprint
- backlog review
- capacity planning
Common misunderstanding
Sprint planning is not a promise that every selected item will finish regardless of new information.
Also known as
planning session
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-26
