One sentence. One outcome.
A sprint goal says why the sprint matters. It gives the team focus, and room to flex the details when reality intervenes.
Not A Goal
A Goal
“Complete tickets 412, 415, 418 and 420.”
“Customers can pay invoices by card in the portal.”
“Work on the billing epic.”
“Finance can reconcile card payments without manual exports.”
“Do as much as we can.”
“Prove the new SIP provider handles our peak call load.”
“Fix bugs.”
“Cut failed porting requests by fixing the top three causes.”
One sentence. One outcome. Room to flex.