Agile Project Management - How to Prepare for Sprint Planning

The video emphasizes the importance of background discussions to ensure smooth Scrum timeboxes. It suggests that preparation meetings involving key stakeholders like the Scrum master, product owner, and tester can prevent confusion during Sprint planning. These meetings should be strictly time-boxed to one hour, which ultimately saves more time by reducing delays and uncertainties. The video highlights the benefits of such practices in enhancing team efficiency and clarity.

Why is it important for the Scrum master and product owner to prepare before the Sprint planning meeting?

• To avoid finding out a user story is not ready during the meeting.

• To make the meeting longer.

• To ensure the team has enough snacks.

• To impress the team with their knowledge.

Who should be involved in the preparation meeting for reviewing the Sprint backlog?

• Only the product owner.

• The entire development team.

• The Scrum master, product owner, and tester.

• Only the Scrum master.

What is the role of the tester in the preparation meeting?

• To provide snacks for the meeting.

• To ensure the acceptance criteria meet entry-level requirements.

• To lead the meeting.

• To write new user stories.

How long should the preparation meeting be time-boxed to?

• Two hours.

• Thirty minutes.

• One hour.

• As long as needed.

What is a potential benefit of time-boxing meetings to one hour?

• It allows for more breaks.

• It reduces the need for preparation.

• It saves more time than it takes by preventing delays.

• It makes the meeting more formal.