Nine Sprint Goal Principles

Stefan Wolpers
Food for Agile Thought
8 min readOct 9, 2022

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TL; DR: Nine Sprint Goal Principles

In Scrum, the Sprint Goal serves as the spotlight that provides transparency to the Sprint Backlog, as the flag that allows the team to rally, and the one thing that provides focus and cohesion. No Scrum team has ever been able to reap the benefits of the framework to the fullest extent without making the Sprint Goal a cornerstone of its efforts. The following nine Sprint Goal principles point at critical issues any Scrum team needs to consider on its path to excellence.

🇩🇪 Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Neun Sprint-Ziel-Prinzipien, die Ihr Scrum-Team in Schwung bringen.

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Stefan Wolpers
Stefan Wolpers

Written by Stefan Wolpers

I have worked for 18-plus years as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, and agile coach. Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) with Scrum.org.

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