“The implementation team agrees to do its best to deliver an agreed on set of features (scope) to a defined quality standard by the end of the sprint. (Ideally they deliver what they promised, or even a bit more.) The Product Owner agrees not to change his instructions before the end of the Sprint.”
- Agile Project management (http://agilesoftwaredevelopment.com/blog/peterstev/10-agile-contracts#Sprint)
Each of the Sprints in a Scrum project can be considered a mini-project that has Time (Sprint Length), Scope (Sprint Backlog), Quality (Definition of Done) and Cost (Team Size*Sprint Length). Only the scope can vary and this is measured every sprint.
Figure: Good Example - the product owner should reply to the team and commit to the forecast Hi [Product Owner],
| Current Sprint: |
[Sprint Number] |
| Status: |
[Status] |
| Sprint Duration: |
[Number of weeks] |
| Project: |
[Project Name] |
| Product Owner: |
[Product Owner Name] |
| Sprint Review Meeting: |
[Date and Time] |
As per our sprint planning meeting and as a Product Owner you have agreed to the following stories being included in the current sprint backlog.
We are already working hard. The Team endeavours to do its best to deliver this agreed set of features (scope), to defined quality standard (the Done Criteria) by the end of the sprint. (Ideally the team will deliver what they forecast, or even a bit more, but this can't be guaranteed)
The Product Owner agrees not to change the instructions before the end of the Sprint.
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Stack Rank |
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Figure: The sprint backlog
<This is as per rule: http://rules.ssw.com.au/Management/RulesToBetterScrumUsingTFS/Pages/Do-you-have-a-Sprint-Contract-aka-The-deal-between-the-Product-Owner-and-Team.aspx/>
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Tip: Use this Outlook email template
More instructions are as below:
- Go to TFS web access page. E.g. http://tfs.northwind.com/tfs/web/UI/Pages/WorkItems/QueryResult.aspx?path=SSW.SharePoint/Team Queries/_Areas/SP2010Migration/Sprint11(current.SolutionUpgrade)/Sprint11 backlog&pguid=32c0d57a-6e46-424f-9411-231bc0f86291
- Select Tools | Email All Work Items as a List :
Figure: Select Tools -> Email all work items as a list
- Ctrl +A and Copy the Email Content:
Figure: Copy the content of the table
- Paste to the Forecast email, and format the table:
- Remove some useless columns
- Make the "User Stories" rows Bold
- Make the "Task" rows font colour lighter black
Figure: Good Example of a Table