Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2...
by kqr on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:29AM
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Sprints and timeboxing more generally is not about enforcing deadlines. That's such a common misconception and I wish it would die.
Timeboxing is about committing only a small amount of time and money at a time, so you can choose to double down on winners and stop investing in losers, rather than suddenly finding yourself having sunk 3 months of time into something that turns out wasn't that good after all.
The question is not "How much can we definitely complete in two weeks?"; it's "What things are promising enough that we are willing to dump two weeks into them, with no promise of ever making a profit?"
If one month counts as a small amount of time and money for your organisation, then you're doing it right!
Re:You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right (2...
by seniorThrowaway on Monday May 08, 2023 @11:37AM
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It's not a misconception when it's what many organizations are actually doing. Any that implement SAFe, for instance.
We now have long sprints (~1 months) for reviews and retrospectives. Which are usually well received. You get to see what all the other teams have been doing, and you also get a formal chance to talk about any problems.