April 19, 2022 · 15 min read

A Sprint Planning Meeting Agenda that Drives Results (+Free Template)

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What is a sprint planning meeting

What is a sprint planning meeting in agile?

When is a sprint planning meeting held?

How to prepare for a sprint planning meeting

1. Preparing the product backlog items

2. Creating user stories

3. Forecasting team's progress

Team's capacity 

Estimating velocity

What is the purpose of a sprint planning meeting?

Examples of sprint goal, user stories backlog, and sprint tasks

  • Build the system base and provide users the way to register and login into the system by passwords and third parties.
  • I can sign up via my email and password
  • I can confirm my email to enter the system
  • I can log in via my email and password
  • I can signup/in via my Facebook account and directly log into the system
  • Design and create users' database

What to include in a sprint planning meeting agenda

1. Introduction

Reminding the team of the big picture

Communicating any new information and updates

Highlighting general issues

2. Reviewing the last sprint*

3. Discussing the current sprint

A. Work on identifying sprint goal: what do we want to achieve this sprint?

B. Select user stories from the product backlog

C. Revisit the definition of done (DOD)

D. Decide on sprint backlog and break down user stories into tasks

How to write user story’s acceptance criteria

Discuss the velocity for this release

Confirm the team's capacity

Consensus on the plan

The new sprint has just started

Sprint planning meeting agenda template

More meeting agenda templates

How to effectively execute your sprint planning meeting agenda

How to create a meeting space
How to create a sprint planning meeting
How to generate meeting insights
How to upload files to your meetings
How to create agenda items in a meeting
How to assign actions in a meeting
How to take notes in a meeting
How to use AI in your meetings
How to create polls in a meeting
Chat with your team during a meeting
How to generate a meeting summary

The bottom line

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  • adam.ai has been included in the Forrester Report in the AI-enabled meeting technology landscape.
  • adam.ai is trusted and used by powerful teams and organizations worldwide for all types of critical meetings, like board, committee, project management, and business development meetings.
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Mary Nour

Product Marketing Manager at adam.ai

Content creator, eager learner, and an animal lover.

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