Sprint planning checklist template

For Scrum teams preparing sprint planning. The top of the backlog meets the Definition of Ready, capacity is calculated without holidays, a sprint goal is agreed, selected work fits capacity, and the sprint is started in Jira with that scope.

App: Checklist Flow for Jira
Category: Sprint ceremonies
Edition: Needs a paid licence; without one it shows with a Pro badge and a preview
Items: 9 items, 5 required
Suggested for: Task

Items

Before the meeting

Item	Required
Top of the backlog meets the Definition of Ready	Required
Team capacity calculated (holidays and other work removed)	Required
Previous sprint velocity available	Optional

In the meeting

Item	Required
Sprint goal agreed	Required
Work selected fits the capacity	Required
Work items broken into tasks where useful	Optional
Risks and dependencies named	Optional

After

Item	Required
Sprint started in Jira with the agreed scope	Required
Sprint goal shared with stakeholders	Optional

Use it

In a Jira work item, open the Checklist Flow panel, then Template library in the Templates section. Find the template under its category, use Preview to see the items and Install to add it to your site's templates. From then on you can apply it to any work item, or, with a paid licence, have it added automatically by issue type.

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