Sprints Overview

🏃 *Sprints are part of the Scrum methodology. If your project uses Kanban, you won't need this feature.*

🏃 Sprints are part of the Scrum methodology. If your project uses Kanban, you won't need this feature.

Sprints are fixed time periods (usually 1–4 weeks) during which your team commits to completing a set of work items.

How Sprints Are Organized

Sprints live inside Program Increments (PIs). A PI represents a quarter of the year, and sprints divide that quarter into smaller work periods.

What You'll See

The Sprints page shows:

A PI selector at the top — choose the year and quarter
Sprint cards for each sprint in the selected PI, showing:
- Sprint name and number
- Status (Planning, Active, or Completed)
- Date range
- Goal or description

Sprint Statuses

Status	Meaning
📝 Planning	Sprint is being set up. Items can be added and removed freely.
▶️ Active	Sprint is underway. The team is working on the committed items.
✅ Completed	Sprint is finished. Results and velocity are captured.

Creating Sprints

Click New Sprint within a PI and fill in:

Name — e.g., "Sprint 1" or "March Sprint"
Goal — What the team aims to accomplish (optional)
Start / End Date — The time boundary
Holidays — Mark any days off during the sprint
Notes — Any additional context

Generating Sprints

Don't want to create sprints one by one? Use the Generate Sprints button to automatically fill a PI with evenly-spaced sprints based on a duration you choose (e.g., 14-day sprints).

Completing a Sprint

When a sprint is done, click Complete Sprint. Dragon Planner will calculate the sprint's velocity (total story points completed) and let you decide what to do with any unfinished items.

Tips

💡 Assign items to sprints from the Backlog view on the work items page — drag items into the sprint panel.
💡 Click any sprint card to open its Sprint Board — a Kanban view of just that sprint's items.