Sprint Planning Lab dependency radar worksheet changed how we talk about upstream APIs.
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Sprint Planning
Sprint Planning Lab
Forecasting, slicing, and commitment conversations without theater.
BRL 540 · 3 weeks · 4h live + 6h async
Inside the syllabus
Practice planning sessions that respect uncertainty. You will work through slicing heuristics, dependency mapping, and definition-of-ready gates with facilitator notes you can reuse immediately.
Facilitator
Iago Mendes
Scrum mentor specializing in planning hygiene for engineering managers.
Capabilities you rehearse
- Planning poker alternative decks
- Dependency radar worksheet
- Forecasting scenarios with historical samples
- Definition-of-ready maturity rubric
- Facilitator pacing timer scripts
- Risk callout phrases that avoid blame
- Sprint goal drafting workshop
Outcomes
- Facilitate a planning session that ends with a testable sprint goal
- Spot hidden dependencies before they become blockers
- Keep forecasting conversations honest without sandbagging
FAQ for this track
Yes. Labs include async handoffs and Miro-ready boards you can duplicate.
Experience notes
Short course, dense. The definition-of-ready rubric is now pinned in our wiki.
Elias · Engineering manager