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But that just begs the question, why sprint? Two weeks seems arbitrary, and meetings on that cadence are pretty noisy. Trying to deliver in that frame can eithe

by ch4s3 4y ago

But that just begs the question, why sprint? Two weeks seems arbitrary, and meetings on that cadence are pretty noisy. Trying to deliver in that frame can either lead to dead time if things go faster than expected or can lead to artificial failures if you miss it. Why set yourself up to fail that particular way? I don’t think it’s especially useful for organization or accountability and adds a lot of noise and waste.

dhzhzjsbevs 4y ago
Of course its arbitrary, but you gotta pick something. We optimise for progression. Failing a sprint doesn't actually have any real ramifications. What we use failure for is a signal to indicate problems. Missed? I guess we have some talking to do in retro to figure out what was misunderstood. Missed three sprints in a row? Is there a problem we need to resolve? Similar to misses, we don't really get much from shipping on that cadence either, other than progress and building confidence in upper management to base their timelines on us delivering what we expect.