You Can’t Be Effective With Scrum Without a Sprint Goal
A Sprint Goal isn’t optional
A Sprint Goal isn’t optional
Many people, including well-respected Scrum experts, believe the Sprint Goal is optional in Scrum. They argue that a Scrum Team can select a set of items from the Product Backlog and create a plan to complete them without a Sprint Goal.
I disagree wholeheartedly.
Without a Sprint Goal, teams can cert…