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Re:Ask HN: Do Agile 'Sprints' Benefit Software Developers? by freedomben on Friday July 21, 2023 @11:29AM (#36814949)
Do you actually get to take a break or a rest when finishing the sprint work early? In 10+ years of doing sprints, I don't think that's ever happened to me or my team. In practice if we finish early (which is rare, maybe 1 in 5 sprints) then we try to jam in some refactor or performance fix or bug fix or something, and that ends up taking at least the remaining sprint time. There is never a chance to catch a breath.
Re:Ask HN: Do Agile 'Sprints' Benefit Software Developers? by mydriasis on Friday July 21, 2023 @12:34PM (#36815942)
No -- that's not quite what I meant -- more of a "logical break" in the work. A chance to come up to the surface and gasp a moment before diving back in for more on the same project or set of tasks because there was a clear breakpoint.