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title: Start or complete a sprint in CWM
description: Start a sprint so that your team can start work on the planned items. After your team finishes the assigned work, you can mark this sprint complete, all directly from the Sprint planning view in Collaborative Work Management.
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release: australia
product: Collaborative Work Management
classification: collaborative-work-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Plan sprints, Agile in CWM, Use, Collaborative Work Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Start or complete a sprint in CWM

Start a sprint so that your team can start work on the planned items. After your team finishes the assigned work, you can mark this sprint complete, all directly from the Sprint planning view in Collaborative Work Management.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cwm.cwm\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Collaborative Work Management**.

2.  From a Space, select a Board that you're performing sprint planning for.

3.  Select the Sprint planning tab.

4.  To start a sprint, select **Start** from the sprint header.

    \[Omitted image "cwm-sprint-start.png"\] Alt text: Select Start from the sprint section to start a sprint in CWM.

5.  Complete a sprint.

    1.  From the sprint header, select **Complete Sprint**.

        \[Omitted image "cwm-sprint-complete.png"\] Alt text: Select Complete Sprint from the section of the sprint that you want to mark complete.

    2.  Review the details of completed and open items for this sprint.

    3.  Move the incomplete items to the next sprint or the backlog.

    4.  Choose to create a retrospective Board for this sprint to perform a sprint retrospective with your team.

        For more info, see [Create a retrospective board for a sprint in CWM](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/create-a-retrospective-board-for-sprint-cwm.md).

    5.  Select **Complete Sprint**.

        \[Omitted image "cwm-sprint-complete-review.png"\] Alt text: Move open items to the next sprint or to the backlog and complete the sprint.

    The sprint is marked as complete and is no longer displayed on the Sprint planning view anymore. All the open items are moved into the next sprint or to the backlog based on your selection.


**Parent Topic:**[Sprint planning in CWM](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/collaborative-work-management/agile-sprint-planning-in-cwm.md)