Sprint Completion Forecast Calculator

Estimate whole sprints needed at the entered team velocity for sprint story points.

How to use Sprint Completion Forecast Calculator

1. Enter Story Points Remaining, Current Velocity Per Sprint in the labelled units. 2. Velocity must be positive. The exact ratio is rounded up once. Zero remaining points gives zero sprints; future velocity and scope can change. Story points are a team planning scale, not hours or individual productivity. These constant-velocity calculations are forecasts, not delivery promises or Scrum requirements. 3. Select Calculate or press Enter to see the result. 4. Select Select Copy result to copy the answer, or Reset to clear the form.

Why use this tool?

Use this tool to estimate whole sprints needed at the entered team velocity for sprint story points. Use the same team, estimation scale and completion definition when choosing a recent velocity.

How the calculation works

Sprints = ceiling(remaining story points ÷ velocity per sprint). Velocity must be positive. The exact ratio is rounded up once. Zero remaining points gives zero sprints; future velocity and scope can change. Story points are a team planning scale, not hours or individual productivity. These constant-velocity calculations are forecasts, not delivery promises or Scrum requirements. The ratio uses entered decimal values before rounding up to a whole person or sprint. No staffing or velocity recommendation is imposed. Entered decimal arithmetic is applied before display rounding. Numeric inputs/results and durations in seconds are bounded by magnitude 9,007,199,254,740,991. Forecast context: https://scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html

Example

Sprint Backlog example: 90 story points ÷ an assumed 30 points per sprint = 3 sprints.

Practical tip

Use the same team, estimation scale and completion definition when choosing a recent velocity.