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Not directly related to the question, but I personally hate the term "Sprint". Physiologically, a sprint involve by definition is a short-term high effort acti
by vinaypai 4y ago
Not directly related to the question, but I personally hate the term "Sprint". Physiologically, a sprint involve by definition is a short-term high effort activity that can't be sustained without a break.
Does anyone use a different term that doesn't imply working oneself to death?
- duped 4y agoCycle
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoJust changing the word isn't going to change the practice. You're supposed to take breaks between sprints. There needs to be planning and alignment to an easily-obtained goal, which requires time. But most people don't know how to do Scrum and hand-waive the goal, the planning, the retro. The end result is unsustainable work with no specific goal in mind that exceeds the sprint cycle. Or 20 epics all in progress at once. Or business goals that shift and put unobtainable expectations on teams.
- bot41 4y agoWhat's a break period? Where is that described?
- 0xbadcafebee 4y agoIt's not explicitly described. "The break" (imo) is giving enough time to planning at the beginning, and actually dealing with the review & retro items. The length of the sprint can be shortened so that there is more learning and planning. Sprints are cancelled if the goal becomes obsolete.
- 0x457 4y agoCycle or stint. I like "stint" more.