Current, Upcoming and Previous Sprints

Current Sprint - Migration Sprint 5

 

Sprint Planning 

Sprint 5 Planning ran from 16-23 September 2026.

All Suppliers were required to submit their weekly granularity forecast plans by Wednesday 23 September 2026, and active Suppliers were required to submit a Combined Schedule (Committed and Forecast).

For dates on the next planning window, please see the Migration Sprints page of this website. 

Sprint Execution  

Sprint 5 execution started on Wednesday 7 October 2026 and runs until Tuesday 1 December 2026. 

The Migration Control Centre (MCC) will actively monitor migrations during Sprint execution.  

Information on migration processes will be shared via Programme governance.  

There is a Microsoft Teams channel to provide updates to Central Parties and active Suppliers. If you think you need access to this, please email Migration@mhhsprogramme.co.uk  

Sprint Retrospective  

A Sprint 5 retrospective will be held at the end of the Sprint 5 execution phase to reflect on the closed Sprint, celebrate successes, capture lessons learned, and agree improvements for future cycles.   

If there are any lessons learned that you would like to be considered for this session, please email the Migration team at Migration@mhhsprogramme.co.uk   

Key Timelines 

• Wednesday 23 September 2026 - Submission deadline: 
  Deadline for all Suppliers to submit their schedules (by the end of the day)
• Wednesday 30 September 2026 - Sprint 5 baseline published:  
  • Baselined - Committed and forecast schedule released to Suppliers 
  • Baselined - Aggregate schedules released 
• Wednesday 7 October 2026 - Sprint 5 Execution started:  
  • Supplier Migrations began, following Baselined committed schedule 
• Tuesday 1 December 2026 – Sprint 5 Execution

 

Upcoming Sprint - Migration Sprint 6

 

Sprint Planning 

Sprint 6 planning runs from  11-18 November 2026. 

The Sprint 6 Baselined Schedule will be published on Kestrel on Wednesday 25 November 2026.

All Suppliers are required to submit their Daily granularity Committed plans by Wednesday 18 November 2026​​. 

Sprint Execution 

Sprint 6 execution starts on Wednesday 2 December 2026 and runs until Tuesday 2 February 2027.

The Migration Control Centre (MCC) will actively monitor migrations during sprint execution.

Information on migration process will be shared via Programme governance.

There is a Microsoft Teams channel to provide updates to Central Parties and active Suppliers. If you think you need access to this, please email Migration@mhhsprogramme.co.uk   

Sprint Retrospective 

A Sprint 6 retrospective will be held at the end of the Sprint 6 execution phase to reflect on the closed Sprint, celebrate successes, capture lessons, and agree improvements for future cycles.  

If there are any lessons learned that you would like to be considered for this session, please email the Migration team at Migration@mhhsprogramme.co.uk 

Key Timelines 

• Wednesday 18 November 2026 - Submission deadline: 
  Deadline for all Suppliers to submit schedules (by the end of the day)
• Wednesday 25 November 2026 - Sprint 6 baseline published:  
  • Baselined - Committed and forecast schedule released to Suppliers 
  • Baselined - Aggregate schedules released 
• Wednesday 2 December 2026 - Sprint 6 Execution starts:  
  • Supplier Migrations begin, following Baselined committed schedule
• Tuesday 2 February 2027 – Sprint 6 Execution ends

Previous Sprint - Migration Sprint 4

 

Sprint Planning 

Sprint 4 Planning opened on Wednesday 15 July 2026 and the Sprint 4 Baselined Schedule is available on Kestrel.

All Suppliers were required to submit their weekly granularity forecast plans by Wednesday 22 July 2026, and active Suppliers were required to submit a Combined Schedule (Committed and Forecast).

For dates on the next planning window, please see the Migration Sprints page of this website. 

Sprint Execution 

Sprint 4 execution started on Wednesday 5 August 2026 and closed on Tuesday 6 October 2026.

The Migration Control Centre (MCC) actively monitored migrations during Sprint execution.  

Information on migration processes was shared via Programme governance.  

Sprint Retrospective 

We held a Sprint 4 retrospective on Monday 19 October 2026 to reflect on the closed Sprint, celebrate successes, capture lessons learned, and agree improvements for future cycles.

You can view the slides from this session on the Migration Sprint Retrospectives page of this website.

Key Timelines 

• Wednesday 22 July 2026 - Submission deadline: 
  Deadline for all Suppliers to have submitted their schedules (by the end of the day)
• Wednesday 29 July 2026 - Sprint 4 baseline published: 
  • Baselined - Committed and forecast schedule released to Suppliers
  • Baselined - Aggregate schedules released
• Wednesday 5 August 2026 - Sprint 4 Execution started: 
  • Supplier Migrations began, following Baselined committed schedule
• Tuesday 6 October 2026 – Sprint 4 Execution ended