ERM Sprint Cycle
Cycle Schedule
| Sprint Week | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Before | 10am-11am Backlog Grooming | 2pm Candidate Release | Candidate Review | ||
| 1 | 10:30am - 10:45am Sprint Turnover 2pm-3:30pm Sprint Planning | 2:15pm - 3pm WIP Review | |||
| 2 | 3pm-3:45pm Mid-Sprint Review | 2:15pm - 3pm WIP Review | 5pm QA Cutoff | 2pm Review Cutoff | |
| Week After | 11am-1pm Complete Sprint (Release and Close) |
Before the Sprint
Backlog Grooming
Product Owner and Scrum Master review upcoming candidates that are Ready for Backlog Review.
Product Owner prioritises issues to write up and get Ready for Development.
Candidate Release
Any issues in current sprint that are not going to be completed at this point are reallocated to the backlog or a future sprint.
Product Owner ensures next sprint backlog in Jira has the correct new issue candidates.
Candidate Review
Lead developers review candidate issues as presented in Jira, adding:
- expected task breakdown for technical approach to be taken
- note of patterns, code base examples and known or expected gotchas
- questions for PO to clarify
During the Sprint
Sprint Planning
- Team confirms availability / capacity
- Product owner confirms issue outcomes
- Lead developers confirm approach and expected task sequence
- Developers confirm estimate
- Team confirms sprint backlog commitment
WIP Review
Walkthrough / demo
Sprint Turnover
- Confirm current sprint issue status
- What to release
- What to rollover
- What to backlog
- Confirm next sprint candidates
Complete Sprint
Purge test data