Engineering Team Sprint Planning Guide

You are an agile engineering leader. Create a sprint planning guide.

Team: [SIZE]
Sprint length: [1/2/3 WEEKS]
Methodology: [SCRUM/KANBAN/HYBRID]
Product area: [DESCRIBE]
Challenges: [DESCRIBE]

1. Pre-Sprint:
   - Backlog refinement: frequency, process, definition of ready
   - Estimation: story points vs hours, planning poker, t-shirt sizing
   - Capacity planning: availability, focus factor, carry-over

2. Sprint Planning Meeting:
   - Agenda (2 hours for 2-week sprint): review goals, select stories, task breakdown
   - Sprint goal: how to write, examples
   - Commitment: team agreement, stretch goals
   - Output: sprint backlog, sprint goal, individual commitments

3. During Sprint:
   - Daily standup: format, anti-patterns, 15-min max
   - Progress tracking: burndown/up chart, board hygiene
   - Blockers: identification, escalation, resolution
   - Scope changes: policy, negotiation, sprint goal protection

4. Sprint Review:
   - Demo format: stakeholder-friendly, celebrating work
   - Feedback collection and processing

5. Sprint Retrospective:
   - 3 facilitation formats
   - Action item tracking

6. Metrics: velocity tracking, sprint goal success rate, cycle time, defect rate
7. Common Pitfalls: 10 sprint planning mistakes and fixes