# Sprint [n] Brief — [team] · [dates]

**🎯 Goal:** [one outcome, pass/fail scoreable — see references/goal-writing.md]
**Pass looks like:** [the demo/number that proves it on the last day]

**Why this, why now:** [1-2 lines connecting to the quarter's priority]

## Committed
| Story | Serves goal | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| | core / stretch | | |

## Not doing (asked, declined, said once)
- [item] — [one-line reason]

## Risks & dependencies
- [risk] → [contingency] · [external dependency] → [who's chasing, by when]

## The numbers
Capacity committed: [n pts of m budget] · Carry-over included: [n pts] · Unplanned tax reserved: [n%]

**Mid-sprint rule:** new work enters only by displacing a named story, out loud.
