Starting a Sprint
Once you have chosen which issues are to be included in your next sprint, you are ready to start the sprint.
This page only applies to Scrum boards.
Please note, you must have the Edit Issues permission for a project to start a sprint in that project.
To start a Sprint:
- Click the Agile link's down-arrow in the top navigation bar, then select your preferred board from the resulting dropdown menu.
- Click Plan on the board.
- Make sure the sprint footer (the grey horizontal marker) is positioned below the issues you want to include in your upcoming sprint. Drag it up or down, or drag issues up from the backlog, as needed.
Click Start Sprint.
If you do not have an estimation statistic applied to an issue, you will receive a warning when starting the sprint (unless you are using Issue Count, as this is calculated automatically).
- You will be prompted to enter a sprint name and to select the Start Date and End Date for the sprint.
You will be taken to Work mode, where your newly started sprint will now be shown.
Screenshot: a board in 'Plan' mode — starting a sprint (click to enlarge)