Close a Sprint

Step 1: Go to the Board screen.

Step 2: If you have two or more sprints running at the same time, select the sprint you wish to close from the Sprint dropdown menu. Skip this step if only one sprint is active.

Step 3: Click the Complete sprint button.

Alternatively, on the Backlog screen, click the Complete sprint button above the list of issues in the sprint.

Step 4: If the sprint has incomplete or open issues (those marked In Progress or To Do), you can move the issues to either of the following:

• A new sprint
• Backlog

Step 5: Click the Complete sprint button. All the issues that were marked Done will be moved out of the active sprint.

You’ll then be taken to the Backlog screen, where a new sprint is automatically created with the open issues from the previous sprint. The screen will look like this:

You can now move issues from the backlog to the new sprint, or start the new sprint right away. If you want to edit the sprint’s dates or add a goal, click the ellipsis menu beside Start sprint and select Edit sprint from the dropdown.

To remove it, select Delete sprint from the same dropdown menu.

The scrum methodology doesn’t call for the development team to periodically launch major updates or new items. Instead, the team has to focus on continuously making releases and delivering product features within short cycles known as sprints.

A sprint is a short time period during which a team completes a specific set of work items or issues. It may be 1 to 2 weeks or even 4 weeks long. It helps the scrum teams to manage their projects in a better way. It also ensures that all work items are done on time.