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The first step in the Iteration/Sprint planning process Iteration/Sprint Scheduling. In this step, the team selects the amount of work it can deliver from the prioritized backlog. The Team makes use of the historical velocity as a guide reference to commit the work. This helps the team determine how much to schedule in each sprint.
To access Sprint Scheduling, from the main menu, select Team Planner → Sprint Scheduling.
Add a Sprint
It is the job of a Project Owner or Scrum Master to add a sprint. Sprint is added well before the start date and it clearly mentions the start and end dates to achieve the committed goals. Follow these steps to add a sprint into the project −
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Navigate to the Sprint Scheduling. It opens the Sprint Scheduling page.
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Select the Project in Project Navigator. It selects the project where sprint has to add.
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After that, click on the Add Sprint button present at the left side as shown in the screenshot below. It opens the Add Sprint form.
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Enter the required and optional fields.
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Required Fields − Title, Begin Date and End Date. The End Date should be a future date.
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Optional Field − Description, Owner, Target Estimate Points, Change Comments.
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After that, click on the Save button. It adds the new sprint into the project.
The following screenshot shows how to add sprint −
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A user can start adding items into sprint by dragging from the right and dropping at the left.
View & Edit Sprint Details
From the Sprint Detail page, a user can view all the information associated with sprint and edit the information if required. While editing the sprint details, a user can edit all the details of the sprint including title, priority, date and description. Following are the important steps to view & edit the details −
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To access the Sprint Detail page, navigate to Sprint Scheduling and hover over on the Sprint Name at the left side.
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It displays the sprint name and the limited details into additional pop-up. Click on the Sprint Name in the pop-up as shown in the screenshot below −
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It displays the Sprint Details page. It has different links like Backlog, Defect, Tasks, Tests, Link and Attachment to view the respective details.
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The Following functionalities can be used in the details page −
| If a user wants to… | Do this… |
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| Access the Sprint Scorecard | Click the Scorecard tab. |
| View the sprint change history | Click the History tab. |
| Close the sprint | Select Close from the Edit dropdown button. |
| Change the state of the sprint to Future | Select Future from the Edit dropdown button. |
| Delete the sprint | Select Delete from the Edit dropdown button. If the Delete button is not available, it means that the sprint still contains items. |
The following screenshot displays the different functionalities of the Sprint Detail Page −
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