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Propagates Anti-Patterns sections, description rewrites, Required Inputs additions, and Quality Checks format fixes from skills/ to matching plugin SKILL.md copies. https://claude.ai/code/session_01MuGKn3a3Gbqoe8uM5Lmuqt
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name: sprint-planning
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description: "Structure and facilitate sprint planning sessions. Use when asked to plan a sprint, organise backlog items, assign story points, create sprint goals, or prepare sprint planning agendas. Produces a sprint goal, velocity-calibrated backlog, capacity plan, risk flags, and a structured sprint planning meeting agenda."
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---
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# Sprint Planning Skill
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Transform raw backlog items into a structured, achievable sprint with clear goals, velocity-calibrated scope, and team-ready output.
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## What This Skill Produces
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- **Sprint Goal** — single, outcome-focused sentence the whole team can rally around
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- **Sprint Backlog** — prioritised list of user stories with story point estimates and acceptance criteria
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- **Capacity Plan** — team availability breakdown accounting for holidays, meetings, and focus time
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- **Sprint Planning Agenda** — structured 2-hour meeting agenda with timings
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- **Risk Flags** — blockers or dependencies that could derail the sprint
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## Required Inputs
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Ask for (if not already provided):
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- Sprint duration (1 or 2 weeks)
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- Team size and velocity (average story points per sprint)
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- Top 3–5 backlog items or epics to pull from
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- Any known absences, holidays, or team events
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- Previous sprint's incomplete items (carry-overs)
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## Sprint Goal Formula
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Use this structure:
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> "This sprint we will [deliver X outcome] so that [user/business benefit], measured by [success indicator]."
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Never write sprint goals as task lists. Always outcome-first.
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## Story Point Calibration
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| Complexity | Points | Description |
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|---|---|---|
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| Trivial | 1 | Clearly understood, no unknowns |
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| Small | 2 | Straightforward, minor effort |
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| Medium | 3 | Some complexity, clear path |
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| Large | 5 | Complex, needs design or research |
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| Very Large | 8 | High uncertainty, may need splitting |
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| Epic | 13+ | Too large — must be split before sprint |
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Flag any item estimated at 8+ and recommend splitting.
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## Capacity Formula
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```
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Available capacity = (Team size × Sprint days × Focus hours/day) × Availability factor
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Focus hours/day: 6 (accounting for meetings, Slack, admin)
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Availability factor: 0.7–0.85 depending on holidays/events
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Story points to commit = Historical velocity × Availability factor
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```
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## Output Format
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### Sprint [N] — [Start Date] to [End Date]
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**Sprint Goal:**
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> [Goal statement]
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**Team Capacity:** [X] story points available (based on [Y] team members, [Z]% availability)
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**Sprint Backlog:**
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| Priority | Story | Points | Owner | Acceptance Criteria |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | [Story title] | [N] | [Team member] | [When X then Y] |
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**Carry-Overs from Previous Sprint:**
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- [Item] — Reason for carry-over: [brief explanation]
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**Risks & Dependencies:**
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- [Risk description] → Mitigation: [action]
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**Sprint Planning Agenda:**
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- 00:00–00:10 — Review sprint goal and team capacity
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- 00:10–00:40 — Walk through backlog items, confirm estimates
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- 00:40–01:20 — Assign stories, identify dependencies
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- 01:20–01:50 — Review acceptance criteria per story
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- 01:50–02:00 — Confirm sprint commitment and close
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## Guidelines
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- Always challenge stories missing acceptance criteria — flag them explicitly
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- Recommend the team commits to 80% of available capacity, not 100%
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- If no velocity data is provided, assume 20–30 points for a 5-person team as a starting point
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- Highlight any story with unclear ownership as a blocker
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## Quality Checks
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- [ ] Sprint goal is outcome-focused (not "implement X" — something like "users can do Y")
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- [ ] Team capacity is calculated using actual availability, not theoretical 100%
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- [ ] Every story has an acceptance criterion (flag any that don't)
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- [ ] Stories estimated at 8+ points are flagged for splitting
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- [ ] Carry-overs from last sprint are accounted for in capacity
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## Anti-Patterns
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- [ ] Do not write sprint goals as task lists — goals must be outcome-focused and scoreable pass/fail at sprint end
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- [ ] Do not commit to 100% of available capacity — always recommend 80% to preserve slack for unplanned work
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- [ ] Do not carry stories with no acceptance criteria into the sprint — flag them as blockers before committing
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- [ ] Do not allow stories estimated at 8+ points into the sprint without splitting them first
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- [ ] Do not ignore carry-over items when calculating capacity — they consume capacity and must be accounted for before new work is pulled in
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