/agile-sprint-plan [action]

Overview

Facilitates sprint planning or review for the current iteration within Phase 4 (Iterative Delivery). Helps define the sprint goal, select and commit backlog items, assess team capacity, and verify acceptance criteria are defined for all committed stories.

Use this command at the start of each sprint (planning) or at the end (review/health check).

Usage

/agile-sprint-plan [action]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
action	Optional	plan (default) to plan a new sprint, review to review the current sprint health, backlog to assess backlog readiness

What It Does

For plan (default):

1. Reads current backlog from .agile-lifecycle/artefacts/phase-4/ or prompts to load from product-backlog JSON.
2. Prompts for sprint goal — a single sentence capturing the value this sprint delivers.
3. Helps select backlog items based on priority and capacity:
   • Estimates team capacity in story points or ideal days.
   • Suggests items within capacity using priority and dependency ordering.
4. Verifies each committed item has acceptance criteria defined.
5. Generates iteration plan using templates/phase-4/iteration-plan.md.template.
6. Generates committed work set using templates/phase-4/committed-work-set.md.template.
7. Checks definition of done coverage using scripts/check-definition-of-done.sh.

For review:

1. Reads sprint health data from .agile-lifecycle/metrics/.
2. Runs scripts/check-sprint-health.sh.
3. Shows: velocity, commitment ratio, defects found/closed, carry-over items.
4. Flags health concerns and suggests actions.

For backlog:

1. Assesses backlog readiness (input for Gate C review).
2. Checks: items estimated, acceptance criteria present, priorities set, dependencies flagged.
3. Produces backlog readiness assessment.

Examples

# Plan the next sprint
/agile-sprint-plan

# Plan explicitly
/agile-sprint-plan plan

# Review sprint health
/agile-sprint-plan review

# Check backlog readiness
/agile-sprint-plan backlog

Related Commands

• /agile-gate-review C — uses backlog readiness assessment
• /agile-gate-review E — iteration review gate
• /agile-retrospective sprint — run after sprint review

Related Agents

• agents/phase-4/iteration-planning — drives sprint planning and backlog selection
• agents/phase-4/continuous-validation — provides acceptance criteria guidance