Creating a Sprint

A sprint — also known as an iteration — is a short (ideally two to four week) period in which the development team implements and delivers a discrete product increment, e.g. a working milestone version. 

You may want to create multiple sprints, allowing you to plan several iterations ahead. A sprint is visible on all boards that contain issues belonging to the sprint.

(info) This page only applies to Scrum boards that have Ranking enabled.

To create a new sprint:

  1. Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.

  2. Your board will be displayed. Click Plan.
  3. Click the Create Sprint button at the top of the backlog.

Why can't I create a Sprint?
  • You can only create a new sprint if you have the 'Administer Projects' permission in all projects included in this board's backlog.
  • You cannot create a new sprint, if you have already started one. If you would like to have more than one active sprint at a time, please enable 'Parallel Sprints' in Labs.

Your new 'upcoming' sprint will be added to your board, below any other future sprints.

Next steps:

Screenshot: a board in 'Plan' mode — adding a sprint (click to enlarge)


 

 

 

Last modified on Feb 24, 2014

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