Lots of people want to help with an open source project. People have heard that sprints can help with that. But what makes a sprint effectively accomplish moving a project forward?

We will discuss this in general, using getting Drupal 8 released as an example

Background: Drupal 8 release plans
Examples of successful sprints: Ghent, New Jersey
Planning the sprint
What should happen at the sprint
D8 Accelerate Program
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