Sprint Planning Facilitation — Vocabulary and Language
Learn vocabulary for facilitating sprint planning: capacity, goal-setting, and commitment language.
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What is 'team capacity' in sprint planning vocabulary?
Capacity is the realistic available hours or story points for the sprint, adjusted for: planned absences, recurring meetings, support duties, and team ceremonies — not the theoretical maximum.
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What is the 'sprint goal' in Scrum vocabulary?
The sprint goal is a single, coherent objective: e.g., 'Enable customers to manage their subscription from the mobile app.' It guides decisions during the sprint and provides flexibility in how the team achieves it.
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What does 'commitment' mean in modern Scrum vocabulary (vs. original Scrum)?
Modern Scrum (2020 Scrum Guide) replaced 'committed' with 'forecasted' for sprint items. The team commits to the sprint goal, not to completing every single backlog item — reducing the pressure that led to overcommitment.
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What is 'refinement' (backlog refinement) in Scrum planning vocabulary?
Refinement (formerly 'grooming') prepares backlog items for sprint planning: clarifying acceptance criteria, splitting epics into stories, adding technical notes, and estimating effort — so the team can pull them into a sprint confidently.
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What does 'sprint backlog' mean?
The sprint backlog is the set of items the team selected for the sprint (from the product backlog) plus the detailed plan for achieving the sprint goal. It is a living artefact — developers update it daily.