Chrome was delivered without any sprints at all (2021)

Re:Chrome was delivered without any sprints at all (2021) by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @03:48AM (#37143951)

Whichever the reason: you don't use negative language. You didn't fail the sprint, you didn't have bad developers; you sit down and discuss what you can do better next time, for example: reduce your commitment, spend more time refining and preparing a story before estimating it, take up courses / do knowledge sharing, etc.

You never use language like "the sprint failed" or "what went wrong", you say "we underestimated", "there were unforseen circumstances", or "what can we do better".

I'm sure there's cynics in here that will have a benny about "soft language" and "the tofu-eating wokerati are at it again" or something, but it's not so much about language but mindset. "We failed" is giving up, "what can we improve" is taking ownership and action.

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Re:Chrome was delivered without any sprints at all (2021) by antisthenes on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @11:04AM (#37148202)

> I'm sure there's cynics in here that will have a benny about "soft language" and "the tofu-eating wokerati are at it again" or something, but it's not so much about language but mindset.

I think it's less about the language and more about being forward looking. You can't change what happened in the sprint, but you can do the next sprint better.

It's also about clear separation between identifying issues vs assigning blame. The latter doesn't help anyone, because blame is almost always backward-looking.

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