>I get that historically sprints were adopted as a way to do incremental, fast-feedback delivery as an alternative to “deliver at the end” project styles, and a

>I get that historically sprints were adopted as a way to do incremental, fast-feedback delivery as an alternative to “deliver at the end” project styles, and as an alternative to that, they seem to make sense. The root of most of what we call 'Agile' today goes back to a method for managing difficult clients when doing (primarily web development) consulting. If you're not a consultant or you're not trying to defensively manage a difficult client then it's a poor set of processes for your development work to follow.