Sprint Planning Prompt

A prompt for using AI to assist with sprint planning — reviewing a backlog, estimating effort, identifying dependencies, and suggesting a realistic sprint scope given team capacity.

Syntax

project-manager-ai

Act as a project manager helping plan a sprint.

Team capacity: [X story points or X developer-days]
Sprint goal: [describe what you want to achieve]

Backlog items:
[paste list of stories with estimates]

Recommend:
1. Which stories to include (within capacity)
2. Which to defer and why
3. Any dependency risks within the sprint
4. A single sprint goal sentence

Example

project-manager-ai

Team capacity: 32 story points
Sprint goal: Complete the user profile feature end-to-end

Recommended sprint scope (28 pts):
- Profile API (8 pts)
- Profile UI (8 pts)
- Avatar upload (5 pts)
- Integration tests (5 pts)
- Accessibility pass (2 pts)

Deferred: Notification preferences (13 pts) — dependency on notification service not ready

Sprint goal: "Users can view and update their profile including avatar by end of sprint."