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.

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Without a Sprint Goal, teams can cert…