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sprint-planner

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Use when planning the next sprint — turns ticket intake + team capacity into a planned sprint with explicit non-goals.

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Sprint Planner

When to use

  • Start of a sprint cycle
  • After a re-prioritization mid-cycle
  • When intake outpaces capacity and you need a defendable plan

When NOT to use

  • Daily standup (different cadence)
  • Annual planning (different scope; use roadmap-synthesizer)

Inputs

NameTypeRequiredNotes
ticketslist / pathyescandidate work items with priority + estimates
capacityobjectyesper-engineer days available
previous_carrylistnoitems rolling over from last sprint
commitmentslistnoOKR / stakeholder commitments that must land

Outputs

sprint-plan.md with: Sprint goal, Committed, Stretch, Non-goals, Risks.

Workflow

  1. Compute total capacity (days × team)
  2. Sort candidates: committed → carry → stretch
  3. Pack to ~85% of capacity (leave room for support / interrupts)
  4. Identify dependencies between items; surface blockers
  5. Surface explicit non-goals — what we are not doing this sprint and why
  6. Risks: anything that would cause spillover

References

Success criteria

  • Committed work ≤ 85% of capacity
  • Every committed item has an owner and an estimate
  • Non-goals section is non-empty
  • Risks include at least one "what could derail us"

Failure modes

  • Capacity unknown → ask, don't guess
  • Tickets without estimates → flag and exclude from "committed"