Sprint Zero Kickoff Form

Launch Your Agile Project with Confidence

Sprint Zero is the foundation of every successful agile project. This Sprint Zero Kickoff Form helps product managers, scrum masters, and agile teams establish clear expectations, align on ways of working, and build a solid backlog before the first development sprint begins.

Whether you're starting a new product, forming a new squad, or kicking off a major initiative, this template guides your team through the essential Sprint Zero activities: defining team composition, establishing working agreements, creating your definition of done, and capturing initial backlog items.

Why Use Paperform for Sprint Planning?

Paperform transforms sprint planning from scattered documents and endless email threads into a single, structured workflow. The form's conditional logic ensures teams focus on the right questions, while the doc-style editor makes it easy to add your own team context, examples, or links to supporting resources.

Once submitted, you can use Stepper to automatically route the Sprint Zero outputs to the right places—create Jira epics from backlog items, populate your team wiki with working agreements, notify stakeholders, or schedule your first sprint ceremonies. Everything stays connected and nothing falls through the cracks.

For teams managing multiple projects or clients, Paperform's Agency+ plan lets you duplicate this template and customize it for each squad while maintaining consistent agile practices across your organization.

Perfect for Agile Teams and Project Managers

This template is ideal for scrum masters, product owners, engineering managers, and agile coaches who need to:

• Establish team foundations with clear roles, communication channels, and working hours
• Align on quality standards through collaborative definition of done
• Capture initial requirements and build a prioritized backlog
• Document working agreements that set the tone for collaboration
• Kick off with clarity so Sprint 1 can focus on delivering value

Whether you're working in software development, product design, marketing operations, or any other agile discipline, this Sprint Zero form ensures your team starts with alignment, not ambiguity.