Sprint Backlog
The Sprint backlog is a list of tasks that defines a Team's work for a Sprint. The list emerges during Sprint planning. The tasks on the Sprint backlog are what the Team has defined as being required to turn committed Product Backlog items into system functionality. Each task identifies who is responsible for doing the work and the estimated amount of work remaining on the task on any given day during the Sprint.
Summary:
- Contains tasks to turn product backlog into working product functionality
- Sprint backlog tasks should support a Product Backlog requirement that has been selected by the team for delivery in the current Sprint.
- Tasks are estimated in hours, usually 1-16
- Tasks with more than 16 hours are broken down either in the Sprint Planning meeting or during the sprint as they are tackled
- Team members sign up for tasks - they aren't assigned
- Any team member can add, delete or change the Sprint Backlog tasks (theirs or new).
- If work is unclear, define a Sprint Backlog with a larger amount of time and then break it down later.
- Update work remaining estimates as more is known through the process of working on the tasks
- Only the team can add items to the Sprint backlog
