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| Items on the sprint backlog are drawn from the <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../Scrum/workproducts/product_backlog_68345C16.html" guid="_OZIPIOF8Edyp34pwdTOSVQ">Product Backlog</a>, by
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| the team based on the priorities set by the <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../Scrum/roles/product_owner_10E7BD3.html" guid="_QcnRMOF5Edyp34pwdTOSVQ">Product Owner</a> and the team's
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| perception of the time it will take to complete the various features.
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| <p>
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| It is critical that the team selects the items and size of the sprint backlog. Because they are the ones committing to
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| completing the tasks they must be the ones to choose what they are committing to.
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| </p>
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| <p>
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| The sprint backlog is very commonly maintained as an Excel spreadsheet but it is also possible to use your defect
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| tracking system or any of a number of software products designed specifically for Scrum or agile. An example of the
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| Sprint Backlog in Excel looks like this:
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| </p><img height="188" alt="Sprint backlog" src="resources/sprintbacklog.gif" width="400" /> 
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| <p>
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| During the Sprint the <a class="elementLink" href="./../../Scrum/roles/scrummaster_357FCB70.html"
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| guid="_Bw-twOF6Edyp34pwdTOSVQ">ScrumMaster</a> maintains the sprint backlog by updating it to reflect which tasks
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| are completed and how long the team thinks it will take to complete those that are not yet done. The estimated work
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| remaining in the sprint is calculated daily and graphed, resulting in a <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../Scrum/workproducts/sprint_burndown_chart_F647C347.html" guid="_YzmSIF8sEd22Gu98eFOlrQ">Sprint
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| Burndown Chart</a>
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