Best Practices for Moving Issues to a new sprint

Stephanie Skantze

We are running 2-week sprints with a cross project board.  We have only run 5 sprints, so our story point estimates have been getting better, but honestly, we do end up with some tasks that don't get completed. 

What is the best practice in terms of when to move the issues out of the current sprint?  Should you always wait until you close the sprint? 

In the first 3 sprints, we moved issues prior to the close of the sprint.  In the last, we did not and followed the prompts when closing a sprint. 

thoughts? suggestions? 

Dave Mathijs

Hi @Stephanie Skantze ,

Personally, I would effectively wait until sprint completion because your reports are based on the initial estimation. Also, moving issues out of a sprint before the end date is changing not only initial estimation but also initial scope.

Moving issues to the next sprint on active sprint completion give you more realistic reports (burn down chart, velocity, sprint reports, etc.)