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Development Sprint Process Schedule

Source: Confluence - Development Sprint Process Schedule

The Development team performs the following sprint ceremonial meetings:

  • Development Scrum - Every workday morning
  • Development Sprint Pre-Planning - Last Wednesday of the sprint
  • Development Sprint Review - Last Thursday of the sprint
  • Development Sprint Retrospective and Planning - Last Friday of the sprint

All times are in Mountain Time (MT)


First Week of Sprint

Every Work Day

StartEndEventDescription
9:009:30Development ScrumCome together as a team, hear what others are working on, communicate challenges and/or major activities, and determine how to assist others. Status on #dev-scrum is not comprehensive but provides collaboration/interaction info and Jira issue numbers.
11:0012:00Development Availability TimeTeam available via Slack huddle on #back-office-gang for discussion with anyone in the company. Message ahead if you have a specific topic.

Monday

StartEndEventDescription
Early AM2:00 PMPre-Release TestingTest on RC after deployment. Check Base Test Plan for items that can only be tested on production.
3:003:45Stakeholder DiscussionsDiscuss potential upcoming priorities for the following sprint, identify Jira issues needing refinement.

Tuesday

StartEndEventDescription
~7:00 AMSprint Release DeploymentDeploy to production after RC testing. On first deployment of the month, apply OS upgrades. Pause Order App queue and scheduler before starting.
10:3011:00Data Science Office HoursData Science team available for discussion.

Thursday

StartEndEventDescription
10:3011:00Data Science Office HoursData Science team available for discussion.

Last Week of Sprint

Every Work Day

StartEndEventDescription
9:009:30Development ScrumSame as first week.

Monday

StartEndEventDescription
11:0012:00Development Availability TimeSame as first week.
3:003:45Stakeholder DiscussionsFinalize priorities for the following sprint. Result allows Scrum Facilitator to create sprint wiki pages.

Tuesday

StartEndEventDescription
All day“No Meeting Day”Minimize interruptions for maximum focus/flow.
10:3011:00Data Science Office HoursData Science team available for discussion.

Wednesday

StartEndEventDescription
11:0012:00Development Sprint Pre-PlanningReview highest priority Epics. Goals: inform planning decisions, build context, improve Epic structure.

Thursday

StartEndEventDescription
10:3011:00Data Science Office HoursData Science team available for discussion.
11:0012:00Development Sprint ReviewDemonstrate completed work to Product Owner and Stakeholders. Goals: generate actionable feedback, set expectations.

Friday

StartEndEventDescription
9:3011:00Sprint Last CallLast chance to accept/close tickets, merge branches. All code must be merged to main before Retrospective.
11:0012:00Development Sprint RetrospectiveScrum Facilitator closes current sprint. Team inspects what went well and what didn’t. Tagging and staging deployments begin.
12:002:00Final Pre-Planning WindowLast chance to triage tickets, perform last-minute pre-planning. Staging and RC releases occur after Retrospective.
2:003:00Development Sprint PlanningEach team member goes over sprint issues. Scrum Facilitator starts the next sprint at completion.

Standard Sprint Meeting Preambles

Sprint Pre-Planning

Welcome to Sprint X Pre-Planning

Our main goal today is to ensure the team is well prepared for the upcoming sprint.
We'll collaborate to assist the Product Owner and Stakeholders with refining the
backlog, and we'll review the highest-priority Epics with a focus on a few key
objectives:

- Informing our sprint planning decisions
- Building shared context across the team
- Improving the structure of our Epics where possible

If any developers are unable to contribute directly to the highest-priority Epics,
we should use the Dashboards Sprint Planning report as a guideline to ensure their
work still aligns with the company's broader priorities. This is our opportunity to
identify and pursue the work that will provide the greatest value to the team, and
to Path2Response as a whole.

Sprint Review

Welcome to the Sprint X Review

Our primary objectives today are twofold:
First, to gather actionable feedback from our Stakeholders to continuously improve
our products.
Second, the Development team will help set clear expectations by showcasing the
work completed and discussing progress made.

As we walk through the deliverables, feel free to provide feedback that can guide
future improvements and ask questions or clarify any concerns that arise. This is
our opportunity to ensure that our work is meeting the needs of our Stakeholders
and remaining aligned with the broader goals of Path2Response as a whole.

Sprint Retrospective

Welcome to the Sprint Retrospective.

This is our opportunity to discuss Sprint X, with a specific emphasis on process.

We should discuss things like what we did well, what we should start doing, stop
doing, and any actions we should be taking to improve our process going forward.
Feel free to call out anything that we can do to improve our communications and
processes, as this is our primary opportunity to be the catalysts for change.

Also, we should be calling out our accomplishments made during this sprint so that
we can support the end of quarter and board meetings.

This is a blameless meeting, except for the scapegoat of the sprint [who is...]