Insights Checklists Sprint Planning Checklist for Scrum Masters
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Sprint Planning Done Right

15 steps to run a sprint planning session that sets your team up for success.

3 min 2026-02-24
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1 Before Sprint Planning

Review previous sprint retrospective action items
Groom backlog: remove stale items, update priorities
Ensure top stories have acceptance criteria
Check team capacity (vacations, meetings, on-call)
Prepare velocity data from last 3 sprints

2 During Sprint Planning

Set sprint goal aligned with product objectives
Select stories from backlog based on capacity
Break large stories into subtasks
Identify dependencies between stories
Assign story owners (not tasks, owners)
Estimate effort for each story
Confirm sprint commitment with the team

3 After Sprint Planning

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Share sprint goal with stakeholders

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