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Examples of real sprint goals

Four examples with the reasoning and considerations that shaped them, how they were refined during the Sprint and what was discovered along the way.

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Christiaan Verwijs
Apr 27, 2020 • 12 min read
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Summary

In a quest to help people build a better understanding of the kind of reasoning that informs Sprint Goals, Christiaan Verwijs writes a story of a real product that he worked on aimed to innovatively integrate a set of related HR products into one platform. He explores the goals the Scrum Team came up with in each Sprint detailing the reasons geared to creating them, what they discovered during that sprint, and how the goals refined the Sprint backlog. Let's read to find out more about how Sprint goals shape both the Sprint Backlog and refinement.

Takeaways

  • Story maps help create a rough outline of the work needed. For example the steps and flow of how the product will be designed.
  • The degree of reasoning and consideration put towards the sprint goal is key to refining the product backlog.

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