> Because we break it into unrealistically small steps and as soon as you finish one step you have to wait for the end of the sprint (2 weeks) and present it, t

> Because we break it into unrealistically small steps and as soon as you finish one step you have to wait for the end of the sprint (2 weeks) and present it, then groom/plan the next step. That sounds utterly wrong. If you're ahead of what you planned to achieve in a sprint you usually fetch the next tasks sitting in the backlog to get as much done as possible. The sprint scope should just be a realistic goal the team commits to. If it can achieve more: even better.