With the backlog populated and issues estimated, the next step is to create a sprint for the team to start working on. To create a new sprint, go through the following steps:
- Go to the backlog of your project.
- Click on the Create Sprint button. This will create a new empty sprint.
- Add issues to the sprint by dragging and dropping issues into the sprint box, as shown in the following screenshot:
Once the team has decided on the scope, it's time to start the sprint by going through the following steps:
- Click on the Start Sprint button.
- Select the duration of the sprint. Generally speaking, you want to keep your sprint short. Between one to two weeks is usually a good length.
- Click on the Start button to start your sprint, as shown in the following screenshot:
Once the sprint is started, you can go to the active sprints view and the team can start working on the delivery.
Normally, you will only have one team working on the project at any given time, but if you have a big team, and people can work on different parts of the project at the same time, you need to enable the parallel sprints option:
- Log in to Jira as an administrator
- Browse the Jira administration console
- Select the Applications tab and then Jira Software configuration
- Check the Parallel Sprints option to enable it
With the parallel sprints option enabled, you can start multiple sprints at the same time. When running multiple sprints, it is best to keep them separate from each other so that they don't get in each other's way. A good example is having two sprints focusing on different areas of the project, such as delivery and documentation.
When you have parallel sprints, since the active sprint view (see the next section) will only show one sprint at a time, you will need to toggle between the sprints, as shown in the following screenshot:
