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Do you "modulate" a sprint's length once a year, once a month or once a week? I've seen open sprints named after a pair of calendar weeks multiple months in th
by usrusr 4y ago
Do you "modulate" a sprint's length once a year, once a month or once a week?
I've seen open sprints named after a pair of calendar weeks multiple months in the past. And for some reason those were still called "sprint". I'd call unwillingness to modulate rather low on the cargo cult scale.
- dolmen 4y agoWe modulate sprint length based on resources available. There is no point to keep a strict 2 week sprint if during one week most of the team will be on vacation (ex: Christmas), so we make the sprint duration to 3 weeks.
- b3morales 4y agoI am curious why you would change the duration rather than changing the workload. Sprint velocity is a ratio of both components: either can be adjusted to preserve it.
- robertlagrant 4y agoYes, changing the workload would be the normal approach. Same for if people are going to be on training courses, or the team decides they need to spend more time on training in general, so they're going to lower their workload permanently by 5%. I can imagine it becoming really hard for the team to track their velocity if the sprint length varies.