Plan and Estimate Phase
9.1 Create User Stories
INPUTS
- Scrum Core Team*
- Prioritized Product Backlog*
- Done Criteria*
- Personas*
- Stakeholder(s)
- Epic(s)
- Business Requirements
- Laws and Regulations
- Applicable Contracts
- Scrum Guidance Body
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
- User Story Writing Expertise*
- User Story Workshops
- User Group Meetings
- Focus Group Meetings
- Customer or User Interviews
- Questionnaires
- User Story Estimation Methods
- Scrum Guidance Body Expertise
OUTPUTS
- User Stories*
- User Story Acceptance Criteria*
- Updated Prioritized Product Backlog
- Updated or Refined Personas
9.2 Approve, Estimate, and Commit User Stories
INPUTS
- Scrum Core Team*
- User Stories*
- User Story Acceptance Criteria*
- Scrum Guidance Body
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES (User Story Estimation Methods)
- User Group Meetings*
- Planning Poker
- Fist of Five
- Points for Cost Estimation
- Other Estimation Techniques: (Wideband Delphi, Relative Sizing/Story Points, Affinity Estimation, Estimate Range)
- Scrum Guidance Body Expertise
OUTPUTS
- Approved, Estimated, and Committed User Stories*
9.3 Create Tasks
INPUTS
- Scrum Core Team*
- Approved, Estimated, and Committed User Stories*
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
- Task Planning Meetings*
- Index Cards
- Decomposition
- Dependency Determination: (Mandatory dependencies, Discretionary dependencies, External dependencies, Internal dependencies)
OUTPUTS
- Task List*
- Updated Approved, Estimated, and Committed User Stories
- Dependencies
9.4 Estimate Tasks
INPUTS
- Scrum Core Team*
- Task List*
- User Story Acceptance Criteria
- Dependencies
- Identified Risks
- Scrum Guidance Body
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
- Task Estimation Meetings*
- Estimation Criteria*
- Planning Poker
- Fist of Five
- Other Task Estimation Techniques
OUTPUTS
- Effort Estimated Task List*
- Updated Task List
9.5 Create Sprint Backlog
INPUTS
- Scrum Core Team*
- Task List*
- User Story Acceptance Criteria
- Dependencies
- Identified Risks
- Scrum Guidance Body
TOOLS & TECHNIQUES
- Task Estimation Meetings*
- Estimation Criteria*
- Planning Poker
- Fist of Five
- Other Task Estimation Techniques
OUTPUTS
- Effort Estimated Task List*
- Updated Task List
- Length of Sprint*
- Previous Sprint Velocity
- Dependencies
- Team Calendar