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Sprint planning for startups — from idea to committed sprint in one sitting

Flocci Projects gives startups a complete sprint-planning loop for free: groom the backlog, estimate story points, scope the sprint against last sprint's velocity, and start it — in minutes, not a rollout project. The AI backlog breakdown drafts sprint-ready issues from a plain-language feature description, each with type, priority and points already set.

Who this page is for: Founders and first engineering hires at pre-seed and seed startups.

Startups do not fail sprint planning for lack of features — they fail because the tool demands ceremony before it gives value. Workflow schemes, board configuration, permission models: by the time the tool is ready, the sprint is over. Flocci Projects inverts that. Sign in with Google and the backlog, the five-column board and the sprint modal already exist, with a seeded demo project so nothing is an empty state.

Story points and velocity are the honest core. Estimate during grooming, commit a scope, and after two or three completed sprints the velocity trend chart tells you what the team actually ships — so planning stops being wishful. The workload chart shows open items per person, which catches the classic startup failure where the technical co-founder is silently carrying eighty percent of the sprint.

The AI backlog breakdown matters most at pre-seed, when 'the backlog' is a founder's paragraph in a notes app. Paste the feature idea; get typed, prioritised, point-estimated issues back, ready to scope into Sprint 1. It spends shared Flocci credits — every account gets a free monthly grant — so there is no per-user AI fee to justify to a board that does not exist yet.

What you get

Free personal board with sprints, story points and velocity — no card required
Team seats ₹49/seat/month when co-founders and first hires join
AI-drafted issues from one feature description, with points pre-filled
Velocity trend chart after your first completed sprint
Same Google login as your wiki (Library), Calendar, Notes and Timesheets

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Frequently asked questions

How should a 3-person startup run sprint planning?

Keep it to 30 minutes: groom the top of the backlog, estimate un-pointed items with quick relative sizing (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), pull work until the point total reaches roughly last sprint's velocity, write a one-line sprint goal, and start the sprint. The Flocci sprint modal captures exactly that: name, goal, start date, end date.

Do startups need story points, or can they just count tasks?

Counting tasks works until task sizes diverge wildly — which at a startup is immediately. Relative points take seconds per item and make the velocity number meaningful within two sprints, which is what turns 'can we ship this by the demo?' from a feeling into an estimate.

What does Flocci Projects cost as the team grows?

The personal board is free. An organization with shared boards costs ₹49/seat/month beyond the free seat allowance; the optional Pro plan at ₹499/month upgrades your account across every Flocci app. Billing happens once at account.flocci.in, in rupees, through PayU.

What if we are not ready for sprints yet?

Use the board alone. The five columns (Backlog, Todo, In Progress, Review, Done) work as pure flow with no sprint attached, and you can start sprinting later without migrating anything — the same issues simply get scoped into a sprint when you are ready.