Weekly Planning Hack #65 - Sprint

Back in 2016 I started experimenting with the notion of sprints in terms of accelerating my work cycles. Sprints usually consist of setting a more condensive work boundary around a project, task or activity. Those working in the tech and design sector have been leveraging the power of sprints for a while.
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Sprints are based on the idea that I could get just as much done in shorter windows of time, particularly as it related to new ideas and programming.

What it can look like:
In the short-term, sprints might involve dedicating a 60-minute window to the initial part of design of a program, rather than giving it a whole day. While we might not complete everything in one sitting, it’s likely that it will move the needle forward.

On the longer-term, some teams are moving to a process where they dedicate a week or two to a project, to build it and get feedback on it.

There are multiple benefits to sprints including:

• Compressed, focused time around an activity, usually at 100% productivity.
• Immersion – Being able to focus only on one thing for a fixed period of time to design, and pilot, the activity.
• The ability to dedicate all resources to that activity.
• Getting the important things DONE and usually at a stage where they will become embedded, rather than when projects get started but aren’t really far enough along to stand on their own

​Questions to consider:

• What are the areas you want to be involved in creating or designing?
• What’s important to take action on, and get traction around, this quarter?
• What could you do to leverage the power of a sprint?

Let us know about your experience with sprints!

Enjoy,
Jennifer

​Jennifer Britton - Potentials Realized
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