Andy, a Scrum Master, is helping his team draft a Sprint Backlog. In which of the following phases would this Scrum process be in?

According to the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK® Guide), the Scrum framework is organized into five phases. The activity of drafting a Sprint Backlog occurs during the Sprint Planning Meeting. This meeting is a core part of the Plan and Estimate phase. In this phase, the Scrum Team selects committed User Stories from the Prioritized Product Backlog and breaks them down into specific, actionable tasks. This collection of tasks, which the team plans to complete during the Sprint, constitutes the Sprint Backlog. Therefore, helping the team draft the Sprint Backlog places the process squarely within the Plan and Estimate phase.

A. Initiate: This phase focuses on project conception, vision creation, and forming the initial Prioritized Product Backlog, which precedes the creation of any Sprint-specific backlog.

C. Implement: This phase involves the execution of tasks listed in the Sprint Backlog to create the product increment; it happens after the Sprint Backlog is created.

D. Review and Retrospect: This phase occurs at the end of a Sprint to inspect the completed work and the process, well after the Sprint Backlog has been created and executed.

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1. SCRUMstudy. (2021). A Guide to the Scrum Body of Knowledge (SBOK® Guide) (4th ed.). VMEdu

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The "Create Sprint Backlog" process is explicitly listed as the final process within the Plan and Estimate phase. See Chapter 4

Section 4.7

p. 155.

The overall Scrum process flow diagram clearly places "Create Sprint Backlog" within the "Plan and Estimate" phase. See Chapter 2

Figure 2-3

"Scrum Flow

" p. 31.

Descriptions of the other phases confirm they do not include this activity. See Chapter 2

Section 2.4

"Scrum Phases and Processes

" pp. 29-30.