How to plan a sprint with a clear, realistic goal
Turn a prioritized backlog into a realistic sprint with clear acceptance criteria and explicit review work.
SPRINT MANAGEMENT
Plan your next sprint.
Choose work from your backlog, set a sprint goal, and follow progress in OkFlow. Keep tasks connected to the feedback that started them, so reviews remain part of the plan.
What you get
The full sprint cycle without the overhead.
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Backlog refinement
Estimate story points, add acceptance criteria, and rank items before sprint planning.
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Sprint planning
Drag tasks from the backlog into a sprint. OkFlow shows capacity and point totals as you plan.
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Burndown
Live burndown chart updates as tasks are completed. Spot scope creep and re-plan in real time.
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Retrospective
Built-in retro board with went-well, improve, and action columns. No external tool needed.
01 — Backlog
Backlog grooming made simple.
The backlog view shows all unscheduled tasks ranked by priority. Add story points, acceptance criteria, and tags directly in the list. When planning time comes, everything is ready to drag into the sprint.
- ✓ Ranked backlog with drag-to-reorder
- ✓ Story point estimation inline
- ✓ Acceptance criteria per task
- ✓ Filter by tag, assignee, or label
02 — Sprint board
Live sprint board your team will use.
The sprint board shows every task in the current sprint, organized by status. Drag cards to update status. Changes are live for everyone on the team, no sync button needed.
- ✓ Kanban columns: To do, In progress, Review, Done
- ✓ Drag to update status
- ✓ Point totals and task counts per column
- ✓ Sprint goal visible at the top
03 — Velocity
Velocity tracking over time.
OkFlow tracks story points completed per sprint and plots them as a velocity chart. Use historical velocity to plan realistic future sprints instead of guessing.
- ✓ Burndown chart updates in real time
- ✓ Velocity chart across past sprints
- ✓ Average velocity used for sprint planning
- ✓ Scope change tracking with re-baseline
Related features
Sprints connect to the rest of delivery.
Questions
How sprint management works.
How long can a sprint be?
You can set any sprint duration from 1 to 6 weeks. Most teams use 1-week or 2-week sprints. OkFlow defaults to 2 weeks.
Can I carry over unfinished tasks to the next sprint?
Yes. When you close a sprint, OkFlow shows you all incomplete tasks and lets you move them to the next sprint, back to the backlog, or close them.
Does the burndown auto-update?
Yes. The burndown updates in real time as team members move tasks to Done. No manual data entry required.
Is the retrospective board shared with the whole team?
Yes. Every workspace member with access to the project can add cards to the retro board. Cards are visible to everyone once the retro session is opened.
Can I run sprints alongside the Gantt timeline?
Yes. Sprint-scoped tasks appear on the Gantt within their sprint window, so you can see both sprint cadence and long-range dependencies in one view.
Ready to ship on a rhythm?
Book a walkthrough and see how OkFlow keeps your sprint cadence without the overhead.