Started a new sprint without completing the finished sprint

[Kirsten Wakefield]

Hi all!

I started a new sprint from the backlog without completing the previous sprint first (don't ask me why I did this). This means the tasks weren't carried to the new sprint and the old sprint still shows in the backlog. Any tips and tricks for how to sort this out? 

[Mark Segall]

Hi @Kirsten Wakefield and welcome to the community! 

You can still complete your old sprint and that will make the newer sprint show as the default in the Active Sprint view.  You'd need to manually move carry-over issues to the new sprint though.

[Kirsten Wakefield]

Ah okay, thanks Mark I'll do that.

[G subramanyam]

Hi @Kirsten Wakefield welcome to the Atlassian community.

Here are few details to consider in addition to @Mark Segall answer:

• Move the tasks from the previous sprint to the new sprint.
• Update the sprint goal and start date for the new sprint.
• Make better use of sprint planning meeting to plan each sprint (single Sprint or parallel Sprint work) and the issue types to be worked on. This helps with prioritizing the tasks for the MVP release.

[Kirsten Wakefield]

Hi G,

Thanks for your response!

I have manually moved the tasks that needed to roll over to the next sprint. This was purely an error with clicking the wrong button and not a planning error, all sprints are planned before hand and should not be parallel sprint work.