In November 2020, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland presented a renewed Scrum Guide with some additions and modifications to the previous 2017 version. The following checklist picks up those changes, including the removal of old items that are no longer consider essential to the list. Remember to adapt it to your own needs.

Sprint Planning | |
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Objective | To lay out the work to be performed in the Sprint |
Participants | Developers, PO, SM [, others] |
Outcome | Sprint Backlog (Product Backlog items + a plan to deliver them) |
Time-box | 8 Hours / 1 Month Sprint |
Item | Criteria | Check |
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0 | All attendees are prepared to discuss the most important PB Items and how they map to the Product Goal | |
1 | Sprint goal defined | |
2 | Product Backlog Items selected | |
3 | For each PB Item: a plan on how to create an Increment that meets the DoD provided |
Done
Other lists you might be interested in: Sprint Review Checklist Sprint Retrospective Checklist Checklist for written communication in an interdisciplinary team Event assessment Checklist User Story Checklist More about SOPs and Checklists