I needed a simple way to track a scrum project without investing in a tool, so I built a spreadsheet template. It’s not meant to replace anything serious – just something to get the structure down on paper before things get messy.
You can grab it here: scrum-tmpl-100212
It’s got three sheets. The first is basic project info – organisation, project name, scrum master, product owner, start date. The second is the product backlog, laid out by sprint with room to track effort against each release. The third is an impediments log, so when something blocks the team you write it down with a category, date, and who raised it instead of letting it get lost in a standup conversation.
I’ve been using it for a couple of months now and it’s held up fine for a small team. If you’re trying scrum for the first time and don’t want to spend a week configuring software, it might save you some time.