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mcsolid | 10 months ago | on: Ask HN: My company is forcing 1 week sprints. What should I do?

I like focusing on the root motivation. I haven't been able to get to it based on previous conversations. It seems to be perceived velocity because of the increased visibility from what I've gathered but the fact that we don't even have the option to experiment leads to a bigger issue IMO. The teams just aren't empowered to adjust course.

mcsolid | 10 months ago | on: Ask HN: My company is forcing 1 week sprints. What should I do?

Saying this probably indicates more problems but they also insist on demos each week and demos/retros every 2 weeks. Also they want metrics/retros to track team velocity.

How much time per week do you have dedicated to sprint meetings? Another issue we have is requirements are always lacking because it’s always fires (and everything is P1).

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