Leading SAFe Exercise Sprint Backlog  

Item # Size Required* Backlog Item

1 1 ü Estimate the pages in the course workbook.

2 2 Calculate the square root of 54,289 without a computer or

calculator.
3 2 Add the following numbers with a calculator and be certain the
answer is correct: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 40, 100
4 5 Accurately count the pages in the course workbook.

5 3 Introduce yourself to every person on your Scrum team and

write down their children’s names.
6 3 Add the following numbers without a calculator and be certain
the answer is correct: 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,40,100
7 3 ü Calculate how tall your Scrum team is when each member is
stacked vertically.
8 5 Write a program, without Excel, that accepts 10 numbers from a
user and displays the total as each number is entered.
9 5 Calculate the cubic volume of the room to within
approximately 30%.
10 8 Calculate the cubic volume of this room to within 10%.
11 5 Estimate the snowfall in Oulu, Finland this winter in centimeters.
12 5 Estimate the number of words in the workbook.
13 8 Estimate the cubic meters of snowfall in Oulu, Finland this
winter.
14 20 Obtain an accurate count of the number of words in the course
workbook.
15 13 ü Calculate how tall ALL the Scrum teams are when stacked
vertically. (Note: Don’t double count the PO!)

ü = A story required for the Sprint execution exercise.

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