Create Sprints

Consider the value of the Team capacity, SP field located on the project form when you plan sprints. This field shows the amount of work that the team can complete within a sprint. It is calculated as the sum of project team members' capacities.

tip

Role required:

• pda_admin
• pda_user if they are:
  • a team leader of the project.
  • the owner of the product/product module specified in the project.

There are two ways to create a sprint:

1. Open the Sprint planning widget.
2. Click next to the Sprints label.
3. Fill in the New sprint modal window fields and click Create.

note

This is a recommended way of sprint creation. The formula for the calculation of sprint end date has been improved in the Sprint planning widget. Similar changes will be done for the Sprint form in future releases.

OR

1. Open the required Scrum project form. Ensure that the Product development checkbox is selected for the project.
2. Click New in the Sprints related list and fill in the form fields.
3. Click Save or Save and exit to apply the changes.

New sprint modal window / Sprint form fields

Field	Mandatory	Description
Start date	Y	Specify when the sprint should start. The field is automatically filled in with one of the following values: The current date, if there is no sprint for the project yet, all created sprints are canceled, or the last sprint is completed. The next day after the completion of the last uncanceled sprint, if there is any in the project.
End date	Y	Specify when the sprint should end. The field is automatically filled in using the formula (Start date + Sprint duration specified on the project form - 1 day). The end date cannot be earlier than the start date. If you specify dates that do not correspond to the Sprint duration on the project form, then when you start the sprint, the End date changes to match the Sprint duration. At the moment, the formula for the calculation of sprint duration differs depending on whether you add a sprint from a form or the widget. When the sprint is created from the form, 1 day is not subtracted from the sprint duration. It is recommended to create sprints in the Sprint planning widget.
Sprint goal	N	Specify the sprint goal.
Release	N	Specify the release that will include the sprint tasks. The field is only displayed if the project is related to product development.
Project	Y	Specify the project for which you create the sprint. The field is filled in automatically. If you create the sprint from the related list of the project form, you can change the value. Once the record is saved, the field is read-only.

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By default, the sprint is assigned with the title Sprint X, where X represents a natural number starting with 1. The system checks if there already is a sprint with such a title. If there is one, a sprint with the next number is created. Thus, if there is a Sprint 1 in the system, the next one is titled Sprint 2.

The SDLC Tasks related list is located on the sprint form. It contains all sprint tasks.