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My Agile Modus Operandi

Things to include in a Sprint
- Items near the top (highest priority) of the backlog
- Items likely to be visible to stakeholders
Things not to bring into a Sprint
- Items with more than 5 story points
- Items that you cannot guarantee will be complete by the end of the Sprint, based on dependencies
Daily Standup Meeting
- Objective: Team as a whole has awareness of efforts and progress
- 15 minutes or shorter, no matter how many people
- Optimally held at the beginning of the day
- Briefly state:
  - What you finished yesterday
  - What you will work on today
  - Problems you are having
  - Task blockers
- Team Lead or Scrum Master prompts for team needs, if necessary further conversation with applicable individuals
Sprint Review Meeting
- Objective: Review completed features and milestones with stakeholders
- Demonstration of what the team completed
- Discussion of what was included in the Sprint that the team did not complete (if any)
- Clarification on the priority of items at the top of the backlog
Sprint Planning Meeting
- Objective: Team agreement on what will be completed in the next Sprint
- Discuss items on the top of the backlog based on complexity and whether all dependencies are satisfied
- Move items from the top of the backlog into the next Sprint until we have reached team velocity
Retrospective Meeting
- Objective: Improve internal processes
- Discuss what we liked and should continue doing or improve
- Discuss what we don't like and what we should stop or fix