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The Sprint Backlog CAN โœŠ change during the Sprint by Barry Overeem

July 11, 2023

Sprint Backlog is NOT โŒ fixed during the Sprint.

Changes ๐Ÿ”„๏ธ are allowed during the Sprint; work can be added โž• or removed โž–.

The Sprint Backlog represents the work that a Development Team needs to pull from the Product Backlog to achieve the Sprint Goal๐ŸŽฏ.

Although the Sprint Goal is fixed during the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog is NOT.

This would be unwise considering the core premise of Scrum: we can't create detailed plans for the future ๐Ÿ”ฎ.

Even if that future is a single Sprint, it is entirely possible that new insights or impediments emerge.

In short; a Sprint Backlog is flexible ๐Ÿคธ , as long as changes do not distract ๐Ÿ˜ต ๐Ÿ’ซ from the focus on the Sprint Goal.

The Daily Scrum is an excellent opportunity to inspect ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ and adapt and make adjustments to the Sprint Backlog.

The Sprint Backlog is a FORECAST ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ by the Development Team about the functionality that will be part of the next Increment ๐Ÿ“ฆ.

Our goal should be to reach the desired outcome (the Sprint Goal) with the least amount of output (Sprint Backlog).

Embrace the emerging ๐Ÿ”„๏ธ nature of the Sprint Backlog.

Encourage the Development Team to change, modify and improve the Sprint Backlog during the Sprint.

"The SPRINT goal is the defined destination ๐ŸŽฏ and the sprint backlog is possible ways ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ to go there.

The paths can change to reach the same previously defined objective."

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