🍂 Apptoberfest 2025: Plan Smarter, Sprint Faster - Meet The Sprint Planner by PgM Innovations

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Cheers to the sprints that actually start ready!

Because nothing slows momentum like realizing halfway through, “We planned 200 points… but QA was on training all week.” 😅

That’s why we built The Sprint Planner — a Jira Cloud app by PgM Innovations that turns chaotic sprint planning into a fast, data-driven conversation.

What It Does 

🔹 Plan in hours or Story Points — your sprint, your rules.

🔹 Set project defaults once and fine-tune them per sprint.

🔹 Apply standard deductions for ceremonies, trainings, and town halls — per role and frequency.

🔹 Reuse team configurations, plan leaves, and overtime, and see true capacity before committing work.

🔹 Track carry-forward items and note remaining Dev/QA effort to right-size your next sprint.

🔹 Add new items against real remaining bandwidth — no more guesswork.

🔹 Define sprint goals, balance load, and publish a stakeholder-ready summary.

🔹 Sync with Jira: capture Dev/QA efforts separately and auto-write totals to Story Points or Original Estimate for accurate native velocity and burndown reports.

Built to Run on Atlassian — Secure by Design

The Sprint Planner is proudly built on Atlassian Forge and Runs on Atlassian —
meaning it operates entirely inside Atlassian Cloud.
No third-party servers. No hidden APIs. Just secure, fast, deeply integrated sprint planning designed the way Jira was meant to be.

Why Teams Love It ❤️

Because it replaces the spreadsheet chaos with clarity and confidence.

Product Owners can balance scope vs. bandwidth instantly.
Scrum Masters see blockers, leave, and effort gaps before the sprint starts.
Teams plan sustainably — with visibility into who’s actually available.

They call it “the Jira-native planner that finally gets capacity right.”
We call it Velocity Powered by Visibility. ⚡

See It in Action

Watch the demo video and see how planning shifts from gut feel to data-backed clarity — all inside Jira.

Why Vote for The Sprint Planner in Apptoberfest 2025 

Because every great sprint starts with a great plan.
If you believe velocity starts before sprint day one —
Vote for The Sprint Planner and help every team sprint smarter, not harder. 

Category:  Apps for Strategy & Planning
(Because planning is the first step toward predictable delivery.)

[Jens Schumacher - Released_so]

I've added your demo to the unofficial Apptoberfest Demo board. Let me know if you require any changes to the entry. 

[PgM Innovations Support Team]

Thank you @Jens Schumacher - Released_so!!

I made a few changes to the article,  but when I click on the link you shared, it still shows the old article. Can it be updated to reflect the latest change?

[Stephen_Lugton]

Thanks for the demo @PgM Innovations Support Team 

[PgM Innovations Support Team]

@Stephen_Lugton My pleasure. Hope you liked it! 

[Jens Schumacher - Released_so]

@PgM Innovations Support Team there is no automatic sync, I need to make the changes manually in Jira. But it's updated now. 

[PgM Innovations Support Team]

@Jens Schumacher - Released_so Thank you, it is reflecting correctly now !!!