Sprint Goals

Give every team a goal for every sprint, keep it in front of the team, and record whether it was met.

Built for more than one team

Each team's goals are stored under that team. When two teams share the same sprints, each one still sees only its own goal, on the sprint page, the backlog, the hub and the dashboard widget. The tab reads the team from the page it is opened on, not from a default team.

Where the goal shows

• Sprints page: a Goal tab next to Taskboard, Backlog and Capacity, for the sprint you are looking at.
• Backlogs page: a Sprint goal tab with the team's goal for the current sprint.
• Boards > Sprint Goals: every team's goal for its current sprint on one page, with each team's hit rate. Pick a team to edit its goals.
• Dashboard widget: a team's current goal, days left, last sprint's outcome and the hit rate. Pick the team in the widget settings, or leave it on the dashboard's team.

Achieved, partly or missed

At the sprint review, mark the goal Achieved, Partly achieved or Missed and add a note on what helped or got in the way. When a sprint has ended without an outcome, the tab asks for one.

Each team gets a history: every past goal with its outcome, a hit rate (partly counts as half) and a streak. If last sprint's goal was missed or partly achieved, the next sprint offers to carry it over in one click.

Saves as you type

There is no Save button. Changes are saved a moment after you stop typing, and before you switch sprints. Text typed just before the page closes is kept in the browser and saved the next time the tab opens. If two people edit the same goal, changes to different fields are both kept; if both change the same field, you keep your text and see what the other person wrote.

Data and permissions

Goals are stored in your organization's Azure DevOps extension data storage. Nothing is sent to any other server. The extension asks for read access to work items and sprints (vso.work) and to projects and teams (vso.project).

Pricing

Free for one team per organization. Unlimited teams for $19 a year per organization. During early access every team can use every feature.

Support

Questions and bug reports: leducsystems.com/sprint-goals/azure-devops/support.