Agile Sprint Planner

Who Is This For?

Agile team leaders, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners who need to effectively plan and organize sprint cycles. This skill is ideal for project managers transitioning to agile methodologies and experienced practitioners looking to streamline their sprint planning process while maintaining consistency in story point estimation.

What Does It Do?

Guides you through the complete sprint planning workflow, from breaking down epics into properly formatted user stories to facilitating story point estimation sessions. It helps structure backlog refinement by providing templates for user story creation, acceptance criteria definition, and dependency identification. The skill employs proven estimation techniques like Planning Poker and T-shirt sizing to achieve team consensus while maintaining a balanced workload across sprints.

When Should You Use This?

Turn to this skill during sprint planning meetings to maintain focus and capture all essential details in a structured format. It's especially useful when onboarding new team members to your agile process or when you need to ensure consistency in how different teams approach sprint planning. Use it whenever you need to quickly transform high-level requirements into well-defined, estimable user stories that your development team can immediately action.