Chapter 10

Sprint Goals in Practice at the Scrum Events

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”

—Leonard Bernstein

Now that we’ve discussed how you can use FOCUS to set Sprint Goals, where do you start in crafting Sprint Goals? Usually, people believe that creating a Sprint Goal starts at Sprint Planning. As peculiar as it may seem, that’s not true: You don’t start with Sprint Goals at Sprint Planning.

This chapter covers where you should begin when creating your Sprint Goals and how you can leverage a Sprint Goal to get the most out of all your Scrum events and effectively deal with friction and surprises to drive the delivery of value.

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