Agile CoP: Sprint Planning

Abstract:

If your Agile teams are struggling to meet Sprint Goals, one place to start looking for improvement is the Sprint Planning Meeting. Many teams do not conduct effective Sprint Planning Meetings, leading to issues including failure to meet the Sprint Goal, uneven velocity, and Sprint Backlogs of inappropriate size for the team.

Many teams are surprised to learn what goes into an effective Sprint Planning Meeting. By the end, they should have not only the Sprint Goal and Sprint Backlog, but an effective Definition of Done. In addition, tools to help teams plan their capacity during a Sprint can yield great insight into how the teams are really operating and help them make adjustments to meet Sprint Goals.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees will learn how to effectively run a Sprint Planning Meeting and prepare for success in meeting Sprint Goals. They will be exposed to capacity planning and other techniques, learn the roles and responsibilities of the team in Sprint Planning, and leave the webinar ready to carry out Sprint Planning Meetings successfully.

Presenter:

NK Shrivastava is CEO of RefineM Project Management Consulting in MO, Missouri and Cary, NC. NK founded RefineM in 2011 to fulfill a long-held dream to build a project management consulting and training firm that drives measurable business results. RefineM operates under the principle that by executing high-value processes—not too many, not too few—project managers can do more with less, shift from reactive tasks to strategic thinking, drive project success, and relieve stress.

NK is a pioneer in Agile transformations. In 15+ years, he has helped many thousands of professionals, in companies large and small, learn and implement Agile practices. In the past two years alone, he’s trained more than 2,000 team members at a Fortune 50 technology company, helping to create self-managed empowered Agile teams with enhanced time-to-market capabilities.

NK enjoys sharing his learnings at international, national, and regional conferences and training engagements. His speaking resume includes the PMI Global Conference, PMI Seminar World, PMI chapter professional development events including a keynote presentation, and numerous RefineM public courses and corporate engagements. NK is a seasoned and engaging speaker. A natural storyteller, he draws from his decades of experiences to help audiences absorb and retain concepts and leave feeling inspired to tackle specific action items to lead change in their organizations.

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Meeting ID: 924 8138 8187

Password: 485539

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