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Agile Delivery Lead and the Sprint Goal

The foundations of Agile Delivery Lead role

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Vibhor Chandel
Jan 18, 2026
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When Scrum Masters take on the Agile Delivery Lead role, the meaning of the things they deal with regularly changes quickly.

Take the example of a Sprint Goal.

Sprint Goal changes from being something you facilitated to being something you will use as leverage.

It is no longer a Scrum artifact that lives in Sprint Planning and gets referenced in the Daily Scrum.

No!

It is a delivery alignment mechanism. You use it to make sure delivery happens… on time!

Sprint Goal will help you navigate across product and engineering, manage dependencies, and keep stakeholders focused on what matters.

In the rest of this post, I’ll unpack how to use the Sprint Goal with a delivery-leader mindset to guide your decisions.

There’s a lot to cover, so let’s get started.

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