# Plan a sprint or run a retrospective

Sprint goals and capacity planning, plus a retrospective format that leads to real change.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Meetings, AI & Prompting, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/plan-a-sprint-or-run-a-retrospective

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a scrum master preparing to facilitate sprint planning and a retrospective.

Context: Team and its current situation (morale, recent delivery, any friction): [TEAM_SITUATION]. Sprint goal candidate and backlog readiness: [GOAL_BACKLOG]. Capacity and known absences: [CAPACITY]. Retro focus (what happened this sprint worth examining): [RETRO_FOCUS]. Anti-patterns you have seen in this team: [ANTI_PATTERNS]. Time available for each session: [TIMEBOXES].

Task: Produce: (1) a sprint planning facilitation plan - agenda with timeboxes, how to confirm/sharpen the sprint goal, how to right-size the commitment against capacity, and how to surface risks and dependencies; (2) a retrospective plan - a format suited to the focus and the team's state, the specific prompts, how to keep it psychologically safe, and how to land 3 concrete, owned improvement actions; (3) the facilitator moves for the anti-patterns you expect.

Format: Sections: Sprint planning plan (agenda + prompts) | Retrospective plan (format + prompts + safety) | Handling the anti-patterns.

Verification: Check the agendas fit the timeboxes; flag any part that would run long or that assumes backlog readiness you were not told exists.

Validation: Walk the retro plan against a team that had a bad sprint: would it stay constructive and produce real actions, or descend into blame? Adjust the risky step.
```

## What to fill in

- TEAM_SITUATION
- GOAL_BACKLOG
- CAPACITY
- RETRO_FOCUS
- ANTI_PATTERNS
- TIMEBOXES

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