Yes - sprints can be a great estimation tool as long as they aren't mistaken for a deadline or performance measurement. In my opinion, it needs be more like dr

Yes - sprints can be a great estimation tool as long as they aren't mistaken for a deadline or performance measurement. In my opinion, it needs be more like drawing a (rough) "this is how far we will get at the current velocity" line somewhere in the sorted backlog, rather than a fixed set of tickets that you expect to get done. Popular tool-driven "agile" workflows where you move tickets into a particular sprint, followed by the admission of defeat at the next sprint planning meeting when you failed to complete all of them, reinforce the idea of "commitments" rather than "forecasts".