o If you are challenged with creating rapid, solid sprint plans and struggling with mid-sprint issues, incomplete work at the end of a sprint, the treatment of bugs and when to apply ‘spikes’ then this session is for you.
o In this course, Developing Effective Agile Sprint Plans, you will learn the skills, approaches, and techniques to advance your essential sprint planning capabilities.
o First, we will quickly review key Agile, Scrum and sprint terms, definitions, roles, artifacts and processes to provide the basis for this session and cover the numerous benefits of having a solid Agile planning process and what the outcomes and expectations of sprint planning should be.
o Next, you will learn the activities regarding the product backlog, user stories, sprint planning, sprint backlog, the sprint itself, daily scrum or stand up, the potentially shippable product and lastly the sprint demo, review and retrospective. Included will be sprint management activities such as sprint status, burndown, and developing velocities.
o Finally, this session will not only cover the “happy path” planning process, but once the sprint is launched and is “in-flight,” we will explore how to handle the myriad of issues that may affect and imped your plan, such as: bugs, staffing, ‘spikes’, and incomplete work and what options you can apply to mitigate them.
o At the end of this session, you will have the skills and knowledge of how to improve, execute and deliver high quality sprint plans; and what options you have if things ‘go wrong.’

Project managers, scrum masters, product owners, scrum team members, team management, business analysts.