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Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2... by ptmcc on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:03AM (#35858604)
That the iteration unit of scrum/agile is called a sprint is a huuuuge pet peeve of mine. Sprinting is definitionally an unsustainable pace.

I know, I know, it's just a label applied to the cycle time of the process but labels matter and I think it subtly and subconsciously poisons the whole thing. Especially when managers and PMs start making sprint cycles into hard deadlines.

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Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2... by seniorThrowaway on Monday May 08, 2023 @11:31AM (#35862711)
>making sprint cycles into hard deadlines

One of the tipoffs that you are working under fake agile not real agile. I have the same problem with using the word "sprint" as well, but I think the true issue is that most orgs claim to be "agile" when they are actually doing some variety of waterfall with agile verbiage thrown in. The best test for fake agile is if you can't cancel the daily standup, even for a couple of days, via the retro.

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