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Mistake in scrum guide?

Last post 03:29 am March 20, 2015 by Romuald Romek
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Romuald Romek
06:13 am March 19, 2015

The Guide says:
The sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of Product Backlog.

Should be:
The sprint Goal is an objective set for the Sprint that can be met through the implementation of selected for the Sprint Product Backlog Items.

Cheers,
Romek

Christiaan Koster
11:03 am March 19, 2015

Romek,

I had to do a text search on the Scrum Guide to find your quote. (Found it on page 9, Topic One, paragraph 3: What can be done this Sprint?)

I agree the text suggests that a sprint goal is to be met by implementing the ENTIRE Product Backlog.

I would like to suggest the following text:
The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the Sprint through the implementation of **selected** Product Backlog **items**.

Anonymous
11:05 am March 19, 2015

There is no such thing as implementing the entire product backlog. Product backlog is evolving as long as the product exists.

Romuald Romek
03:29 am March 20, 2015

Hello Christiaan,
Thanks for your answer. Yes that is the quote. I was writing about.

Your suggestion is fine I believe, I wanted to put more emphasis on the fact of misleading wording in Scrum Guide.

Seems that most people do not read it in detail or presume that it is not really intended.
Cheers,
Romek

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