Scrum for Team System Guidance / Version 3 / Sprint

Work Item: Sprint

Description:

The sprint work item is the intermediate element of the project life cycle model. It resides between the Release and Team Sprint elements and provides a roll-up data point.

Sprints both implement Releases and are implemented by Team Sprints.

Calculated Fields:

In the version template sprint objects are a representation of one or more Team Sprint objects. Used to group teams that work on a single sprint. Most fields in this work item are automatically calculated by the event service.

  • Capacity (Hours) - The sum of linked Team Sprint Capacity Hours.
  • Planned Work (Hours) - The sum of all Sprint Backlog Task estimated hours that have a planning scope beneath this sprint.
  • Sprint Start Date - The earliest Team Sprint Start Date of all linked Team Sprints.
  • Sprint End Date - The latest Team Sprint End Date of all linked Team Sprints.

Screen Shot:

Sprint work item

Fields:

Field NameDescriptionData Type
Sprint Name The planning scope (AKA Iteration Path) of the sprint. Project Path
Current Status The release status. Drop Down List
Capacity The total hours of capacity for this Sprint. This value is calculated from the sum of linked Team Sprints. (Calculated) Number
Planned Work The total estimated hours of Sprint Backlog Tasks under this sprint. (Calculated) Number
Sprint Start Date The earliest start date of the linked Team Sprints. (Calculated) Date Time
Sprint End Date The latest end date of the linked Team Sprints. (Calculated) Date Time
Sprint Goal Use this field to describe the target goal of this Sprint. Text

Life Cycle Work Items:

Life cycle work items.

Work flow:

Sprint workflow

Work Item States:

Work Item Links: