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Who plans the iteration?
Iteration planning determines the work that the team commits to be completed in the iteration by adjusting the predicted velocity and managing the number and priority of assigned, deferred, and/or new stories. The Iteration Planning Meeting is usually facilitated by the Team Agility Coach.
Who is responsible for sprint planning?
A scrum master or coach typically facilitates sprint planning in order to ensure that the discussion is effective and that there is agreement to the sprint goal and that the appropriate product backlog items are included in the sprint backlog.
Who manages the iteration or sprint backlog?
The sprint backlog consists of product backlog items that the team agreed with their product owner to include during sprint planning. The team owns the sprint backlog and can determine whether new items are added or existing items are removed. This allows the team to focus on a clear scope for the length of the sprint.
Who is responsible for selecting items for the sprint backlog?
Development Team
The Development Team selects the Product Backlog Items that will help to meet the Sprint Goal based on the input from the Product Owner. The Development Team creates the plan for delivering the selected Product Backlog Items.
Who can change backlog during iteration?
The iteration backlog is updated each day by team members who implement and test the features. The features are taken off the backlog when they are accepted by a customer or product manager and can pass the done criteria (see Section 3.7).
What should happen in sprint planning?
Sprint planning is a timeboxed working session that lasts roughly 1 hour for every week of a sprint. In sprint planning, the entire team agrees to complete a set of product backlog items. This agreement defines the sprint backlog and is based on the team’s velocity or capacity and the length of the sprint.
What 3 purposes do iteration goals provide?
Iteration goals support three of the four SAFe Core Values of alignment, program execution and transparency. Simply committing to complete a set of stories in an iteration is insufficient.
What should be included in a sprint planning meeting?
The Sprint Backlog: a list of stories, tasks, and items that the team has agreed to work on within the sprint. These are both established within a Sprint Planning Meeting. This meeting should primarily involve the scrum master and development team. The product owner can attend but it is rare that outside stakeholders would attend.
What’s the best way to plan an agile sprint?
Agile sprint planning works best when the team has a clearly defined, well-managed product backlog to start with. This reduces confusion and helps the team make informed decisions about which items to prioritize. The best planning meetings allow the team to be creative, motivated, and challenged while setting realistic expectations.
What’s the difference between a sprint and an iteration?
Even though sprints and iterations have a lot in common and are often used interchangeably, there is a difference between them. Both terms are linked to scrum, a modern project management framework, and follow a specific timeframe during which planned work should be completed, but they’re not the same.
How to schedule sprints for team iterations in azure?
To schedule the start and end dates for each sprint that your teams use, highlight the sprint and choose Set dates. Or, you can select Actions for the iteration path and choose Edit. Choose the calendar icon to select new dates. When you’re finished, you have a set of sprints scheduled – similar to the following image: