What Are Sprints For?

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If you do Scrum, you know that the sprint is the heartbeat of your process. They're what many aspects of a Scrum team are based around. But Scrum often gets criticized for seemingly arbitrary time boxes around getting work done.

While we usually do love an opportunity to criticize Scrum, we don't think it's exactly fair to criticize it from a flow-based methodology perspective. Scrum and its time-boxed Sprint method are great tools…when used in the right scenario.

In this episode, Host Phil Ledgerwood explains why sprints have their place, the utility behind them, and for which scenarios they're best suited.