Sprint 4 Goal Statement | Sprint 4 Week 13

~30 minutes. You leave with a Sprint 4 goal that actually shapes the next 4 weeks — and a concrete definition of done that makes your final defense easier to write. Spend time here; it saves rework later.

Is this goal going to help you grow?

A strong Sprint 4 goal is specific, grounded in Sprint 3, and has an artifact you could hand someone at the end. If yours isn’t there yet, you’ll get feedback to sharpen it before Sprint 4 starts. The activity below shows you what strong goals sound like — read the examples first, then write.

How this works

4 required fields + 2 optional — AI sparring on the 2 fields that matter most.

Read the worked examples at the top of the activity. You’ll see what a strong solo goal and a strong pair-merge goal sound like — and what a too-vague one looks like.
Fill the 4 required fields. Path choice, your new goal, and the merged why-and-done field. Two of them have an AI sparring partner that asks questions back — it won’t write your answer, but it’ll push you to make it sharper.
(Optional) Sprint 3 foundation + lessons. Answer only if naming them sharpens your goal. Skip otherwise.
Copy your responses. Enter your name at the bottom, click Copy responses for Google Doc. The full markdown lands on your clipboard; a preview opens so you can double-check.
Paste into a Google Doc, download as PDF, upload to Canvas. This is the start of your Sprint 4 Google Doc — keep it going across the sprint.

PDF ONLY

Submission format

Submit as PDF only — Canvas will reject other file types.

How: Paste into your Sprint 4 Goal Statement Google Doc (Cmd/Ctrl+V), then File → Download → PDF Document. Upload that PDF on the Canvas assignment page — nothing else.

Reminder: A strong Sprint 4 goal is specific, grounded in Sprint 3, and has an artifact you could hand someone at the end. If yours isn’t there yet, you’ll get feedback to sharpen it — that’s the point of Week 13.