Quick summary
Creating a future sprint in Jira lets agile teams plan ahead by organizing backlog items into upcoming sprint containers without starting them immediately. This keeps your Scrum backlog structured and your team aligned on what comes next after the current sprint ends.
Steps
- Open your Jira project with a Scrum board and click Backlog in the left sidebar.
- Click Create sprint to add a new sprint container to the backlog.
- A new sprint container will appear — repeat the process to create multiple future sprints as needed.
- Drag and drop backlog items into the sprint container to assign them to the future sprint.
- Leave the future sprint in the backlog without starting it until the current sprint is completed.
