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# Sand ART Refinement & Estimation
## Goals
The goal of Product Backlog refinement is to work with the Scrum Team and stakeholders (when relevant), to get Product Backlog items in a ‘ready state’. What does this mean? This basically means that the development team has the idea that an item is:
1. Clear enough, so they understand what stakeholders are asking for and why they are asking for it.
2. Small enough, so the items should be small enough to get done within a sprint (typically a few days of work) to comply with the definition of done.

### Voting
* Each participant is given **3 votes** to spread amongst the points as they see fit. This is in an effort to provide room for potential uncertainty.

### Votes in? ✅

Alwan(Al):
Ariana:
Brandon:
Clay:
Jonathan:
Momena:
Prajwal:
Sean:
Tyler:

## _Jira_ Vote Chart
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[what is this chart?](https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/caseflow/issues/11533)
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## Tickets to Refine and Estimate
@appeals_sand_dev - Tickets we’re refining today. Feel free to look through the list beforehand if you get the chance.
#### [Epic: X (APPEALS-XXXXX)](https://vajira.max.gov/browse/APPEALS-XXXXX)
- [ ] [APPEALS-XXXXX](https://jira.devops.va.gov/browse/APPEALS-XXXXX) Name of story

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#### Tech Improvement tickets
- [ ] [APPEALS-XXXXX](https://jira.devops.va.gov/browse/APPEALS-XXXXX) Name of story

#### Meeting Notes
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#### Next Sprint's Tickets

## Action items
- [ ] Person: Action item
- [ ] Person: Action item

## _Github_ Vote Chart
[what is this chart?](https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/caseflow/issues/11533)

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## Hints
> Need a way to attribute a comment to someone? See the below syntax!
> [name=Alec] [color=#37c4a1]

> Need a way to attribute a comment to someone? See the below syntax!
> [name=Hunter] [color=#37c4a1]

## Previous Refinements