I mean whether you clump them or not they're still time taken out of a very short period. I wouldn't (and haven't) minded so much with longer sprints, but 2 wee

I mean whether you clump them or not they're still time taken out of a very short period. I wouldn't (and haven't) minded so much with longer sprints, but 2 weeks minus planning/retro minus "one person takes a Friday off and another person is out one of the weeks" always leaves me feeling cramped. I think the best structure I ever had was 3wk "actual work" sprints and 1wk to address tech-debt and do planning.